From the Daily Sip: Ambition
January 15, 2017
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Vocation is something so different from ambition. Vocation is honest. It is a path while ambition is the bulldozer on the front end of a road to power.
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Breaking through the stained-glass ceiling
April 28, 2016
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If There’s Only One Woman in Your Candidate Pool, There’s Statistically No Chance She’ll Be Hired
Controversy in Church of England over plan to prepare leaders and grow churches
July 17, 2015
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Archbishop Welby wants to stem the coming tidal wave of decline in the Church of England while, at the same, prepare Bishops and senior clerics for leading church institutions. His approach has created controversy.
Editorial: Where is the generosity in leadership we need?
July 17, 2015
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But while the convention was charging us to go in one way, there were signs that we have serious signs of dislocation that threaten to keep us stuck in spiral of institutional struggle and scarcity thinking.
Staffing the church in a time of change
September 23, 2014
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Our churches don’t want denominational programs anymore. Religious goods and services aren’t necessarily what people want, he notes, from either local churches or denominational staff.
What needs to die to keep church alive
May 31, 2014
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Laurie Brock, at the blog Dirty Sexy Ministry, believes some things “have lived w-a-y beyond their expiration dates in the Church.” These include half-baked liturgy,
A theology of getting things done
May 13, 2014
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So for the Christian, is work a necessary evil–a way to earn money so we can do God’s work on the weekends? Or is it the primary expression of human creativity and mission? Baptist minister Matt Perlman suggests a theology of work that challenges the idea that daily work and faithful living are separate spheres.
Social Media in Pastoral Transitions
February 3, 2014
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Previously at the Café, we have discussed ettiquette around pastoral transitions at length. But while it is one thing to modify relationships in real time,
“Four-Way” church heads continue to find places of agreement
January 8, 2014
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Maritens N. Sison writes in Anglican Journal of the continuation of meetings between four church leaders. From his article:
Defining and honoring lay ministry in the church
January 2, 2014
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I am struck today by Laurie Gudim’s essay at Speaking to the Soul regarding lay vs. ordained ministry. This is a topic close to my
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