Clergy and abstinence
January 25, 2011
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The Rev. Lesley Fellows who writes at Lesley’s Blog Salon. Fellows writes her experience:
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What will I become? A decade with God’s call
January 8, 2011
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Over the course of the semester, “what do I want to do with the rest of my life” became “what does God want me to do with the rest of my life.” With this new paradigm, my heart and mind became open to new possibilities—or to what I thought were new possibilities. Upon further reflection, I have discovered that this new and exciting avenue, becoming a priest, is actually the earliest path open to me that I had ignored for years.
Seven resolutions for clergy
January 5, 2011
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Time invested with church employees is some of the most productive time a minister will ever spend. This is especially true for pastors who supervise a staff of associate ministers. Outside of staff meetings, staff retreats and planning meetings, spend quality time with the ministers you supervise.
The GOE is dead; Long live the GOE?
January 4, 2011
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What about you, what do you think of the GOEs? Are they an effective assessment of one’s fitness for ministry? Are they merely an effective hazing ritual? Are they in need of revision? Are they just fine as they are, thank you?
The Facebook double life
December 29, 2010
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“So when it came time for me to graduate from seminary and move to a new city to start my first church job, I found myself facing an unexpected but very common question: how would I relate to parishioners on Facebook?”
The pastor as detective
December 27, 2010
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Any clergy out there interested in sharing their initial experiences in their first post-seminary assignments? Any lay folks interested in sharing their experiences with newbie priests?
“Clergy Women: An Uphill Calling”
December 10, 2010
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A group of sociologists of religion have published the results of study of clergy women in the Presbyterian Church that revisits a study done in 1993-1994 to see what is now different in their career and career paths.
Calling clergy
December 6, 2010
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How do priests end up where they end up? How well is the deployment process working? How could it be improved? And, as a favor to this former Roman Catholic, can someone discuss the pros and cons of relying as heavily as we do on interim rectors, priests-in-charge, etc.?
Jeffrey John on Colin Slee: ‘always surprisingly un-scared’
December 5, 2010
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Jeffrey John had big words to describe Slee – someone who was once called “such a fun, large, rude, honest man.”
Boning up on casting out: Catholic priests learn exorcism
November 14, 2010
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A gathering to study the subject of exorcism brought Roman Catholic bishops and priests to Baltimore.
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