Leadership
Footwashing
St Basil the Great preferred communal to solitary asceticism. ‘If you always live alone,’ he asked, ‘Whose feet will you wash?’ And whenever St. Ambrose baptized new Christians, he first washed their feet… Now there’s a couple of good ideas! Avagooddayeveryone!
Community
Parker Palmer’s definition of community: “Community is that place where the person you least want to live with always lives” and the corollary: “When that person moves away, someone else immediately arises to take his or her place.”
Performance Appraisals and Conflict Management
360 Degree Feedback: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly What is 360 Degree Feedback? By Susan M. Heathfield, About.com http://humanresources.about.com/od/360feedback/a/360feedback_2.htm Want to make people happy? Make people sad? Care to create an uproar in your organization that rivals in ferocity any change you’ve ever introduced in your history? Want to stir up all of […]
Wisdom for a new pastor
(From an experienced pastor): Congratulations on your new appointment. I hope you find much joy in the role. I am sure the recommended reading will bring you much helpful information. Here’s some things that I found helpful in taking up my present position… 1. Be aware that the so-called “Honeymoon” period is really a time […]
Why Willow Creek and Saddleback are Losing Influence
Why Willow Creek and Saddleback are Losing Influence While North Point and LifeChurch.tv are Gaining Influence Willow Creek, Saddleback, North Point, LifeChcurchFor the last couple of decades Willow Creek Community Church outside of Chicago and Saddleback Church in Southern California have been the twin towers of influence in American evangelical circles. Thousands of churches have […]
Inter-Religious Leadership
Sightings 4/2/09 Seminaries as Incubators of Inter-Religious Leadership — Joshua M. Z. Stanton Evangelical pastor convinces student to become rabbi. It sounds like the start of a bad joke. But while I was an undergraduate, The Reverend Dr. Paul Sorrentino, who is Director of Religious Life at Amherst College and a beloved mentor, convinced me […]
Coveting thy Neighbour’s Sermons
Online pastoral inspiration increasing: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s sermons? by Jeff Strickler / Minneapolis Star Tribune Sunday July 26, 2009, 2:09 AM MINNEAPOLIS — Ministers moving to a new church have a long tradition of dusting off some of their favorite homilies from the past. But in these electronic days, that’s just where […]
Giving
Sightings 7/27/09 — Martin E. Marty Giving USA Foundation last month reported on “giving, U.S.A.” under a headline, “Giving in worst economic climate since Great Depression exceeds $300 billion for second year in a row,” but “a 2 percent drop in current dollars over 2007,” as well as “the first decline…since 1987” and the second […]
Eugene H Peterson, Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work
Eugene H Peterson, Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work (Grand Rapids Eerdmans, 1992 [1980]) Reviewed by Darren Cronshaw I have loved reading Peterson over the years. He is an inspiration as a pastor and reflective practitioner. He is often very counter-cultural both to contemporary society and contemporary expressions of church life and its tendency towards […]
The Forgotten Ways Workbook
The Forgotten Ways Workbook: A practical guide for developing missional churches by Alan Hirsch with Darryn Altclass (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2009) Reviewed by Darren Cronshaw Theory and ideals about revitalising churches is fine, but guidance about how to do it is harder to come by. Here is an accessible and practical workbook for groups […]
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