It’s the church’s job to help people reflect on what they do, where they do it and what God has called them to do in their work. How will your church help people do good work?
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To lead well, love well
There’s more to leadership than expertise.
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A time to leave or a time to stay?
I once shared with a mentor that I did not believe my ministry context at the time was going to be a long-term assignment. I had only been there a year or two, so I assured him that I planned…
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Are you just tired – or burning out?
A group of ministers told me about a senior pastor they knew who resigned because the demands of ministry had become too much. This was not the first person they knew personally who resigned this year. Such sudden exits make…
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‘Ordinary’ Time
Jim Harnish finds the grace of ordinary times in ministry.
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The Jubilee Years: Embracing Clergy Retirement
Bruce Epperly invites us to imagine a new way of seeing retirement — as a season of fulfillment and service.
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Reclaiming Rural: Building Thriving Rural Congregations
Allen Stanton acknowledges the many challenges facing rural congregations — but also offers a hopeful vision for their futures.
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Bruce Epperly: The Jubilee Years
What if we rethink retirement by imagining the time as “the jubilee years”?
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Mark Edington: A vision for bivocational ministry
An Episcopal priest and author offers a different way of understanding bivocational ministry
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Bruce Epperly: Encouraging Lay Theology
A pastor reflects on the success of his church’s ministries of Christian education and formation
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