Giving Blood: A Fresh Paradigm for Preaching
What do you get when you combine narrative with metaphor? This mashup will empower your preaching.
Do You Need a Consultant or a Coach?
Sometimes our congregations need guidance and direction from an outside source, an expert. However, what role does that expert need to play in the life of our church?
The Pastor as Person
Preaching and pastoring can be a lonely profession unless one's congregation is able to see the church leader as a real person.
The Pastor as Resident Sage
Many cultures hold to the tradition of storytelling as a way of passing on our traditions, of teaching younger generations, connecting present to the past. We are built to tell and hear stories. Do not keep God's story to yourself.
The Pastor as Poet in Residence
Let your immediate surroundings and the community in which your find yourself be the seeds in which the poetry of your pulpit germinates.
A Novel Approach to Preaching
Could preachers and pastors learn much from fiction? What do novels have to teach those in the pulpit?
Raising Cain
Stewardship, fundraising and the dynamics of it all from a pastoral perspective.
10 Other Ways to Say Thank You in the Church
Many folks, including preachers, need help thinking of creative ways to say thanks. Here are some tips to review.
The Power of Thank You
Sometimes we all need help saying Thank You in more concrete and effective ways.