New Role, Old System
My friend understood his new role, but needed clarity about his function in the congregation he was promoted in.
My friend understood his new role, but needed clarity about his function in the congregation he was promoted in.
Guessing people’s motives becomes a form of mindreading. Focusing on how a person functions is more helpful than what he or she says.
It may be more accurate to think of a congregation as a bounded relationship system shaped more by culture than by theology.
Evaluation and assessment is a matter of integrity: Are we living up to our vision? Are we fulfilling our mission?
In popular imagination, the useful and the beautiful are opposed. But is that really true?
When a leader finds themself inhibited by a haunting that impedes progress and health in the system, it may be time to become a ghosthunter and exorcist.
You can count on seeing five kinds of people emerge during a crisis. Leaders do well to discern the persons in the system that represent each leadership type and respond appropriately.
Mid-career clergy experience confidence and accomplishment but also uncertainty, angst, restlessness, and new challenges.
We teachers may miss the experience of lecturing, presenting, and explaining, but students learn what THEY do, not what WE do.
Director of Lifelong Learning Sarah Erickson has been one of many contributors helping to provide practical, post-graduate opportunities to educate and nurture the Church.
