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Stewardship, Accountability and Administration

Stewardship, Accountability and Administration

Reading Time: 3 minutesFew words inspire yawns faster than “administration.” Immediately, images of forms to be filled out and…

Who Controls Your Butter?

Who Controls Your Butter? Reflections on Spiritual Accountability

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhile attending a dinner, the newly elected Senator Bill Bradley asked the waiter for an extra…

Why History Matters in Leadership

Why History Matters in Leadership

Reading Time: 5 minutesIntroduction One of the courses that most surprised me in seminary was cultural theology. The first two…

Reaching Our Redemptive Potential: An important lesson from the life of Moses

Reaching Our Redemptive Potential: An important lesson from the life of Moses

Reading Time: 5 minutesI wasn’t prepared for this statement: “Moses was an amazing leader who never reached his redemptive potential.” I was half…

They Finished Well

They Finished Well

Reading Time: 8 minutesThree influential Christian leaders—reflecting on their lives and legacies I’m told that the ancient Olympic Games included a race in…

The Ministry of Walking Alongside Those in Need

The Ministry of Walking Alongside Those in Need

Reading Time: 4 minutesI heard my inner voice repeatedly telling me to keep it together, but his tears and quivering lower lip…

Preaching—What’s the Point?

Preaching—What’s the Point?

Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are an estimated 380,000 churches in the United States. In the vast majority of these churches, the pulpit…

Small-Group Based Team Ministry

How Can Pastoral Ministry Be Small-Group Based Team Ministry?

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe church has been my world. It has been my primary social circle, the highlight event…

All the King's Men

All The King’s Men

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat the Coronation of King Charles III teaches us about leadership and service. Did you watch the coronation of King…

mandatory writing class

Although We May Think a Mandatory Writing Course Is Unfair

Reading Time: 4 minutesNothing humbles a seminary student like participating in a writing lab. A personal experience with a writing lab left…