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From Competition to Collaboration

What happens when a small church decides to stop competing? Everyone wins.  The small, suburban bedroom community where I pastor is saturated with churches. There is a main road that […]

A Ministry of Ending

Would we close? Or could we keep going?  It was the question that occupied my mind as I drove to meet with a denominational leader about my congregation. And it […]

The Twilight of Easter

One of the most complicated aspects of losing Lily has been proclaiming Good News in the midst of resounding darkness. In my anxiety over preaching on Easter, a Young Clergy […]

Shared Leadership: Lessons from YCWI

After serving three years as a co-chair of YCWI, I am beginning my third month as “just a regular board member.” I am loving that I get to spend my […]