Columbia Connections

Most of the pastors in the world are bivocational.

That has always been true, asserts Karl Vaters, author of The Grasshopper Myth and Small Church Essentials.

Most people attend larger churches, so a larger multi-staff congregation is perceived to be...

Jack Sanders was a dedicated senior pastor of a congregation in a major denomination.

He worked hard for his faith and the churches to which he had been called as pastor.

He and his wife, Melissa, were called...

When I was a hospice chaplain, I enjoyed working with the social workers in our office.

They were capable and smart.

They knew what to do when a problem arose.

If a patient needed placement in a nursing home...

Traveling alone can be an intimidating experience for anyone, not to mention a child arriving to a foreign land with people that speak a foreign language. It’s difficult to think about any child in such a situation and leads to...

The measure of successful leadership is how well a group performs, over time, in terms of valued outcomes, or the realization of its mission.

Benjamin J. Inyang considers leadership as a process which “involves the use of non-coercive influence to...

One day my life will matter to those who oppress me,

The injustices I currently face will simply be history.

One day my family will be treated fairly,

My kids will live a life of freedom and equality.

One day...