vocation Archives

July 14, 2025

How to Predict a Thriving Church or a Church Closure

Author Edwin Friedman is known to have said that some congregations are pills and others are plums. Every pastoral leader wants to pastor a "plum" church—a church characterized by thriving, but we suspect they are...

Along the Journey

June 26, 2025

What Contributes to an Enduring Sense of Call?

Along the Journey

June 2, 2025

Perspectives on Planning Your Educational Programs

Along the Journey

May 22, 2025

The Gift of Older Adult Ministry

Older Americans Month is an annual observation during the month of May, a keen ...

Along the Journey

May 19, 2025

Book Review: Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading

Along the Journey

May 5, 2025

Reading the Signs of Church Conflict Before the Point of No Return

News

April 23, 2025

Tenio Cousin Named 2025 Dabney and Tom Dixon Creation Care Prize Winner; Delivers Earth Care Sermon Friday

Along the Journey

April 23, 2025

Columbia Hosts “Climate Resilience and Justice in Decatur: A Community Conversation”

Faculty

April 21, 2025

Dr. Bill Brown Suggests a Deeper Dive Into the Bible in His Book, “Sacred Tension: Embracing Dissonance and Dialogue in the Old Testament”

Along the Journey

April 14, 2025

vocation

How to Predict a Thriving Church or a Church Closure

What Contributes to an Enduring Sense of Call?

Perspectives on Planning Your Educational Programs

The Gift of Older Adult Ministry

Book Review: Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading

Reading the Signs of Church Conflict Before the Point of No Return

Tenio Cousin Named 2025 Dabney and Tom Dixon Creation Care Prize Winner; Delivers Earth Care Sermon Friday

Columbia Hosts “Climate Resilience and Justice in Decatur: A Community Conversation”

Dr. Bill Brown Suggests a Deeper Dive Into the Bible in His Book, “Sacred Tension: Embracing Dissonance and Dialogue in the Old Testament”

Dr. G’s 10 “theorems” of Christian Education