Unprepared pastors
Were you or were the clergy you know prepared for pastoring a congregation by their education?
Were you or were the clergy you know prepared for pastoring a congregation by their education?
John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter contends that by moving toward the center, Pope Francis has launched nothing short of a revolution in the
The key to being consistently innovative is to create a new form for something familiar and then to find a function it can perform.
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An invitation to the 2013 Episcopal Diocese of West Texas Acolyte Festival, hosted by the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Corpus Christi, Texas, April
Nice people keep people on their teams well after the work has surpassed their capacity. This not only slows the mission but it exposes the weaknesses of and hurts the very person they’re trying to protect.
Baby boomer Tom Ehrich believes many in his generation are “addicted to control” and should rightfully cede power to the younger set. This is true