Fieldwork Projects
Tempered Resilience
Tempered Resilience:How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of ChangeA Book Review by Rev. Martin Homan In 2015, Bolsinger wrote Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory. He was a pastor of a large church at the time. Over the next few...
Connecting with Congregation Teens
Connecting with Congregation Teens Youth - Holly Miller Shank
Change Management
Change Management: Intentional Interim Ministers and CongregationsBy Rev. Malcolm Himschoot Rev. Malcolm Himschoot who serves the United Church of Christ as the Minister for Ministerial Transitions with the Ministerial Excellence, Support, and Authorization (MESA)...
Healing Spiritual Wounds: Reconnecting with a Loving God After Experiencing a Hurtful Church
Healing Spiritual Wounds: Reconnecting with a Loving God After Experiencing a Hurtful Church by Carol Howard Merritt An effective plan to help those suffering from wounds inflicted by the church find spiritual healing and a renewed sense of faith. Raised as a...
Nuggets of Wisdom
Nuggets of Wisdom Devotion based on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything....
Inappropriate Behavior, No Long Acceptable – By Alan Mead
Inappropriate Behavior, No Long Acceptable By Alan Mead It would be almost impossible to read any news source over the past few days and not be aware of people, formerly silent, speaking up, revealing incidents of past abuse or misconduct. In many cases, at least...
A surprising sunrise – By Alan Mead
I awoke early as is my custom, to await the morning light and to pray. Although we are on vacation my pattern remains constant, giving balance to the day that is dawning. We are in a wonderful location to capture each sunrise. It has been cold and cloudy. Yesterday...
Preparing for and Recovering from Un-natural Disasters
Preparing for and Recovering from Un-Natural Disasters by The Rev. Martin Homan With the unnatural disasters occurring in New York City and now in a church in Texas do we as pastors and churches need to prepare for such occurrences even at our own doors? Westminster...
Morning Prayer after another day of violence
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, for I have taken refuge in you; * in the shadow of your wings will I take refuge until this time of trouble has gone by. Psalm 57:1 Innocent blood has once again poured out staining pews and crying out for mercy. Violence...
Learning New Skills
Our grandson is five. He is beginning to want to help, with things like baking pumpkin muffins, which I think he experienced in kindergarten over Halloween. Anyway, he came into the kitchen and saw all the ingredients being assembled on the counter. “Can I help?” he...