Finding our Way, Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Margaret J. Wheatley)- Part 1
Everything Has a Deep Dream by Rachel Naomi Remen I’ve spent many years learning how to fix life, only to discover at the end of the day that life is not broken. There is a hidden seed of greater wholeness in everyone and everything. We serve life best when we water it and befriend it. […]
Preparing for Ministry in the New Year
By: Jeff Patton As you begin to think about 2007, here are a few pointers, what I would call Basic Strategies for Successful Ministry or, in other words, “do the basics well”. 10) Make sure your ads on the web and in the paper are correct. Make sure the message on the phone tells what a […]
Get Out of Your Office
The following is from a good friend of EBA. It is a telling story of why pastors should spend as much time as they can out of the office and in the public. Bill Easum Alright, so I’m wandering around town. I bump into my friend who’s recently out of jail from a DWI charge. […]
Integrity
Let your “Yes” be “Yes” and your “No” be “No” I was at a faculty meeting at Bakke Graduate University where I’m a part-time prof and we were discussing the need to allow some of our doctoral students to “save face.” It seems that some of our students had told their congregations they were going […]
Christmas is About Jesus, Not a Holiday
Christmas is more than just a holiday as some would want to make it. Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus. Those who would like to de-Christianize Christmas are simply reverting to the traditions of the past. Let me explain. The history of the celebration of December 25th dates back over 4000 years. […]
Responding to the New Voices
Many new voices are on the horizon claiming to be the wave of the future. That’s both exciting, also a bit scary. Let me mention a few of the leading contenders – The Incarnational Movement, The Emergent Movement, The House Church Movement, The Emerging Church Movement, The Outward-Focused Church Movement, The Revolution Argument – I […]