“Let the dead bury the dead.” (Luke 9:60) What do you talk about at your parish council meetings? Blah, blah, blah? Endless discussion of...

“Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.” (Psalm 116:2) God is the great listener. Even though...

“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him...

Axios! Axios! Axios! You’ve just been given your first parish assignment. Whatever life experience you have been blessed to receive is...

“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” (Proverbs 15:1) All leaders are subject to criticism – sometimes...

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12) Though every...

“Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.” (I Corinthians 15:51) Perhaps the greatest joy for...

“If serving is below me, then leadership is beyond me.” Anonymous Stewardship Advocates has been richly blessed to work with hundreds of...

“For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.” (Jeremiah 31:25) Parish service is stressful, sometimes...

For starters perhaps we should begin with the subject of the “role” of the priest’s wife. Please hear this loud and clear: there is no...

“Know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.”...

The only appropriate model for parish council members or those who sit on governing boards to fulfill their calling to service is the...

“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” (Matthew 18:20) Once understood and put into practice,...

“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.” (James 1:19) “But when Peter came to...

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God....

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red...

“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another,...

“There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.” (Peter Drucker) Every...

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” (Matthew 5:9) The “Interest-based Relational Approach”, or IBR...

“Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?” (Amos 3:3) In a very concrete way, the extent to which we are willing to have...