Your Church’s Choice: Common Ground or Conflict

Barbara Brown Taylor recounts in her book, “Leaving Church,” her time as a parish minister serving in rural Georgia. “In a big city they might have found homes in five markedly different parishes, but in a county with only one Episcopal church they...

Can You Still Be Social in This Social-Media Era?

The 1990s are having a “culture resurgence,” according to a recent interview in the New York Times. A young actress named Sarah Goldberg was featured in a brief interview about a TV show she is starring in on VH1. Goldberg is a character in the series...

Where Will Your Church Be When 2030 Arrives?

My wife and I share the posts we find each day on our respective Facebook account newsfeeds. One of my wife’s friends shared this quotation recently: “With the start of 2015, the year 2030 is just as close as 2000.” While it’s a fairly...

4 Ways Your Church Can Pay Your Next Minister Fairly

I have advised several local church search committees about many important considerations as they seek transitional or ongoing clergy to serve their congregations over the past year. During these discussions, I feel it is important to ensure the church has taken two...