Anna Mangimela, MSN, RN, MSRN-BC |
April 13, 2021 |
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The demand on clergy is taxing. Ministry often demands more than pastors feel they can give. Add in bi-vocational, family needs, and a pandemic, it is easy to understand why a pastor’s personal health suffers.
Dr. Eric Hallett |
April 1, 2021 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
As pastoral leaders in an age of upheaval, the guidance we seek from the Bible will elude us if we exclusively rely on modern or postmodern paradigms
Dr. Virginia Holeman |
March 17, 2021 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
As a pastor, If you have discovered that your motivation has taken a vacation and left you behind, you are not alone.
Michael Blue |
March 5, 2021 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
The Bible tells us that God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor. 9:7), but too often giving feels like an obligation–this can be just as true for pastors as for lay people.
Dr. Virginia Holeman |
February 16, 2021 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
“Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” –Jesus, John 14:27
Linda Gist |
February 4, 2021 |
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In our current cultural climate, there are so many voices vying for our attention. It’s hard to know who to trust.
Anna Mangimela, MSN, RN, MSRN-BC |
January 19, 2021 |
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A timely look at some of the latest facts related to the COVID-19 vaccines.
Dr. Eric Hallett |
January 5, 2021 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
The beginning of a New Year is an ideal time to establish a preaching plan.
Dr. Virginia Holeman |
December 28, 2020 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
How would you rate your emotional wellness?
Dr. Virginia Holeman |
November 24, 2020 |
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Commitment is an essential quality of long-term relationships.
Linda Gist |
November 10, 2020 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
Be still and listen to the voice of your heavenly Father who loves you, who cares for you, and who knows your needs.
Dr. David Higle |
October 27, 2020 |
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…now is a good time to be intentional and plan for strategic days off leading up to the holidays and then for an extended time away from ministry-work sometime in the new year.
Ethan Linder |
October 19, 2020 |
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“Sometimes pastors don’t avail themselves of things until there is a crisis; we’re trying to encourage pastors to be thinking ahead about what kinds of habits of mind and heart they can begin to make part of their life before there’s a crisis,”
Dr. Eric Hallett |
October 15, 2020 |
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“How can a pastor best lead during a time when we are awash in conspiracy theories that people often promote?”
Dr. Virginia Holeman |
September 29, 2020 |
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Since March 2020 the world in which we live feels like a dangerous place. For some of us, that sense of danger is actually real. For others of us, the sense of danger is more in our nonconscious perception of threat.
Linda Gist |
September 22, 2020 |
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Lectio Divina is one way you can read Scripture to abide in God’s presence and to experience his living Word for you today.
Michael Blue |
September 16, 2020 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
The Bible contains more verses on money and possessions than nearly any other topic. Howard Dayton teaches that there are over 2,300 such verses.
Dr. Toddy Holeman |
September 1, 2020 |
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Trust and trustworthiness are essential qualities of relationships that last a lifetime.
Linda Gist |
August 18, 2020 |
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During this time of Covid-19, we feel it is vitally important for pastors to continue to learn to carve out a few moments each day to simply be with God in prayer.
David Higle, PhD |
August 10, 2020 |
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Jesus needed it. So did Moses, Elijah, Mary, and Paul. And that is just for starters. All the leading Fathers and Mothers throughout church history needed it, too. People like Augustine, Luther, Wesley, Calvin, and modern spiritual leaders such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer,...
David Higle, PhD |
August 10, 2020 |
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The one thing that is everything is friendship with God in Christ..
Dr. Eric Hallett |
July 21, 2020 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
The post-modern west has entered a very shaky phase when it comes to our consideration of experts.
Gabriela Garver |
July 14, 2020 |
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The hyphen: integrating the immigrant into ministry
Dr. Virginia Holeman |
July 7, 2020 |
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The COVID-19 virus has changed the way we “do life” and “do church” so that we are simultaneously absent and present.