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Humor: God Is on *My* Side

At the board meeting: "So the vote is as follows: Larry, Ruth, Dan, Sid, and Marcia are for the proposal. God and I are against."


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Forever Out of Step?

The Rev. Greeley's first two laws of church: (1) When other people have abandoned something we discover it; (2) When people discover something wonderful ...


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The Madness of Christian Leadership

Christian leadership is both a meaningful and maddening vocation.


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Ministers in the Water

Ministers cannot walk on water; but they can learn to swim.


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The Tenders of Vision

The tenders of vision are often lonely, usually unpopular, and frequently demand that others change. People with a vision inject ambiguity and risk and ...


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The Difference Christ's Love Makes

If I cannot in honest happiness take the second place (or the twentieth); if I cannot take the first without making a fuss about my unworthiness, then ...


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The Always-Perfect Pastor?

A few years ago, I did a book on burnout among clergy. I was looking for those factors that often made pastors, having once begun in ministry, turn away. ...


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The Danger of Ambition

The Christian who is ambitious to be a star disqualifies himself as a leader.


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Protected by Adversity

A leader's own salvation and spiritual progress are protected by humbling adversity.


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Bring Your Own Appreciation

"Pastor Wells, remember next week is our Pastor Appreciation Dinner. Tell your wife we have her down for a meat, a dessert, a gallon of tea, and ...


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