Articles

Article Relational Preaching: Conversation and Collaboration in the Postmodern Sermon
- By Mary J. Scifres
- Posted on February 1st, 2011
Preaching in the postmodern world has evolved into an intriguing art form that invites creativity and conversation in new and exciting ways. Whether you preach in a large or small …
Article Statistics in Worship?
- By Alex Joyner
- Posted on January 31st, 2011
Enough statistics ABOUT worship; how about statistics IN worship? Sound crazy? Maybe. But maybe not. At a recent chaotic and unfocused council meeting, my associate pastor Peter…
Article A Pastor's Sabbath
- By Judith Jenkins Kohatsu
- Posted on January 27th, 2011
How is it with your soul? My anxiety level begins to rise when I encounter questions like that one. Here it comes: another clergy self-care tirade. Or worse, it is one of the…
Article Collaborative Preaching and Holy Conversation
- By Matthew L. Kelley
- Posted on January 25th, 2011
“What?! How can the Bible say that?! That’s complete garbage!”This is something you might hear on a typical Tuesday night at Starbucks on Madison Street in…
Article The Warmth of a Note
- By J. Clif Christopher
- Posted on January 24th, 2011
The other day my secretary came in with the mail. In the stack was a hand addressed envelope with my name on it and in the return corner it showed that it was sent by a former…
Article Debt Debacle
- By J. Clif Christopher
- Posted on January 24th, 2011
Yesterday, one of the really solid pastors that I am fortunate enough to work with called me. The conversation went something like this, “Clif, we just got updated numbers…