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November 2005
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education, ministerial-formation, ministry, seminary
A better way to do ministerial formation
11.15.05 | Permalink | 6 CommentsOrdained ministry is been overprofessionalized. When you expect people (without ever coming out and saying it) to live in genteel poverty for their first ten or fifteen years, and when most new ministers take out huge loans and have children to support, well, it just isn’t right. Add to that the “entrepreneurial” bit, as Scott […]
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Are committees “life giving?”
11.10.05 | Permalink | 2 CommentsA little research project for you. Over the next three or four months, devote the occasional coffee hour conversation at church to finding something out: how many great new ideas has the "church committee ethos" squashed in your church? Here’s one method that might get you there. First, as you meander and mingle, ask people […]
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The song in my head
11.10.05 | Permalink | 4 CommentsI like pieIt’s really good to eatAnd it kinda tastes like candy! What do you think? A winner? Though no where near as good as my all time favorite, "Pork and Beans," by Brak:
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How white
11.10.05 | Permalink | 3 CommentsLast week I went to a big church meeting, basically an exit interview for our recently retired minister after the fact. During the meeting, one person asked how the congregational system we’ve created together fosters the overcommitment and burnout that several folks had mentioned. He asked why we allow people to take on five or […]
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Then try feeling that way all the time
11.07.05 | Permalink | Comments Off on Then try feeling that way all the timeThe imcomparable Real Live Preacher reflects on his depression after five months on meds: Okay, this is the important part. This is why there are no heroes with depression. On the day you snap, you are just a guy who snapped. You get no credit for the weeks or months or years that you were […]
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