Connections Blog

May 24, 2022

Columbia Receives $1 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. for Pastoral Leadership for the Church of Many Cultures

December 8, 2021 - Columbia Theological Seminary has received a grant of $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help prioritize and respond to the challenges of preparing pastoral leaders for Christian congregations bot...

Along the Journey

May 24, 2022

Leave It to Leaves

This past spring, my husband and I moved to Pennsylvania after having lived in t...

Dr. G. & Friends

May 24, 2022

A Stockpile of Leadership Resources

Functioning at a high level of self-differentiation is the golden fleece sought ...

Along the Journey

May 24, 2022

What Loneliness and Social Isolation May Mean for Your Health

Along the Journey

May 24, 2022

Something I learned from a child

My first congregation was called a “mission start up,” which means when I ar...

Dr. G. & Friends

May 24, 2022

Do you have these 4 leadership goals?

Dr. G. & Friends

May 24, 2022

All of these are true about anxious systems

Along the Journey

May 24, 2022

What is discernment?

Discernment. The word can sound abstract, hinting at something unknown and myste...

Dr. G. & Friends

May 24, 2022

Dialogue vs. Discussion

A friend led a workshop on the dialogical learning method that I presented in my...

Along the Journey

May 24, 2022

Leaders, Not Principals

In the media, examples of school principals abound from (Ferris Bueller’s Day ...