pastoral leadership
Why leaders are a pain: Truth telling in the parish
There's a subtext to lots of sermons I hear, and some I preach: Discomfort is avoidable. Here's my formula. It's the promise of all bogus religion.
The pay gap at church
When it comes to equal pay for women, the church should do better than employers generally, not worse.
Who pledges how much? Why pastors should know
I believe that my leadership has been most effective when I know who's giving what to the church.
by Dave Davis
Where issues have faces
The mainline has long congratulated itself for being prophetic because it's good at voting for progressive agendas. But change happens at the local level.
Pastors in poverty
Most of us have seen this coming for a decade, but it’s still startling to read the headlines in the Atlantic: "The Vanishing of Middle Class Clergy."
None of this is news. We know pastors who feed their children with food stamps.
Why a church wedding? Truth telling about Christian marriage
Some ask why a pastor would pass up a chance to draw a young couple into the church. But perhaps that's the wrong question.
by B. J. Hutto
The pastor and other sinners
To Eugene Peterson, a church is not a demarcated zone of idealized community. The potential for misdirection and distraction abounds.
How to follow the leader: Five habits of healthy congregations
Following doesn't command the interest that leading does. But following is crucial.