Personal development

Blog Spotting Control Freaks
- By Dyton L. Owen
- Posted on February 14th, 2013
I recently wrote an article on “10 Things that Kill Ministry.” One of the things I listed as a “killer” was control freaks—those who try to…
Blog 10,000 Hours
- By Ronnie McBrayer
- Posted on December 10th, 2012
When I watch my children skim-boarding in the surf, I remember what it is like to be blissfully young, oblivious to danger, and as flexible as a rubber band. I am none of those…
Blog On Christian Celebrity
- By Jessica Miller Kelley
- Posted on October 12th, 2012
In college, there was a group I thought of as “the elite Christian crew.” They were the cool kids active in the bigger campus ministries at our formerly-Baptist…
Blog Doctor, Doctor
- By Ronnie McBrayer
- Posted on September 17th, 2012
It was that time of year once again, time for my annual physical; and I had been dreading it as badly as one can dread anything. But my dread was for reasons beyond the obvious…
Blog Does Clergy Moral Failing Point to a Sick Church?
- By Kathy Armistead
- Posted on September 4th, 2012
Recently in our conference, a pastor took a grave misstep that resulted in a dramatic moral failure. While this is tragic for the clergy person and the parsonage family, it is…
Blog Indecent Exposure
- By James C. Howell
- Posted on August 23rd, 2012
I found myself in a conversation with some younger and some older clergy the other day about Facebook exposure. Do we have FB friends in the congregation? What do they see online…