by Bill Wilson | Mar 10, 2021 | Best Practice, Changes, Risk Taking
On this one-year anniversary of the start of the Covid Pandemic, it seems appropriate to take stock and assess the American Church. For many of us, the year has been the challenge of a lifetime in ministry leadership. The obstacles and demands of dealing with the...
by Bill Wilson | Jan 11, 2021 | healthy ministry, Self-Care
Regularly, ministers ask for my help with ministerial and congregational life in pragmatic ways. What is the best way to organize, plan, preach, administer, supervise, lead, teach, evangelize, pray, cultivate a spiritual life, raise a family, play? You name the task;...
by Bill Wilson | Nov 2, 2020 | healthy congregation
In recent years, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) has become a highly visible part of our culture, and generalized trauma has emerged as a consistent issue for clergy and churches. The majority of Americans have experienced a significant trauma in their life and...
by Bill Wilson | Oct 5, 2020 | pastor search process, Transitions
What would you say is the best gift a Transitional Pastor can give a congregation? Most traditional interim training programs land heavily on the idea that the primary task of a church in transition is dealing with grief. Thus, much of the work of a traditional...
by Bill Wilson | Sep 4, 2020 | conflict
CXAs a child, my neighborhood friends and I loved to play on a train track near our house. Foolish, I know, but quite fun and exhilarating. We learned to tell when a train was coming long before it actually appeared. We would put our ears to the rail and hear the...
