by Bill Wilson | Nov 26, 2019 | change, Transitions
Everywhere I look, I see transitions underway. Whether it be friends retiring or relocating, local congregations facing a myriad of change or significant family transitions, everyone is undergoing some sort of change. For several decades, I have watched a parade of...
by Jayne Davis | Nov 19, 2019 | change
Sometimes we find ourselves out on a ledge. Personally, professionally, as churches. The view can be spectacular, or it can be terrifying. It all depends on which lens you choose to look through.Last weekend I was watching a documentary, Free Solo. I don’t usually...
by Terri Springer | Sep 24, 2019 | Transitions
The Center for Healthy Churches uses the garden as a metaphor for healthy churches as we “seek to bring hope, help and healing to churches and clergy in the spirit of Christ.” One of the components of this metaphor is interdependence. Just like a garden depends on the...
by Chris Aho | Aug 20, 2019 | change
Have you ever visited Seattle? It is a magical place. In Seattle, the coffee tastes better (skip the green mermaid, you can’t get her here), the soccer is better (Go Sounders!), and even the views are better (when it’s not raining). But it wasn’t always...
by Bill Wilson | May 28, 2019 | change
I am increasingly focusing my time and attention on discerning what is the primary leadership skill needed among pastors for this season of the Protestant church in America. While it is dangerous to paint with too broad a brush, it appears to me that pastors of...
by Jim Kitchens | May 7, 2019 | change
There’s a lot of talk out there these days about how churches are having to deal with change: hard change, messy change, adaptive change. Those of us in pastoral leadership know these challenges are not merely theoretical. Every day, we encounter real change on the...
