Starting a fire is one skill. Keeping it going is another. In order to cook juicy burgers over charcoal, or toast s’mores to perfection over the campfire, or prolong the beauty and the warmth of fireplace flames, you need toRead more…
Recruiting? or Equipping?
Volunteers seem to be in short supply in today’s church. Most discussions about volunteers focus on recruitment— we need more ushers (Sunday School teachers, board members, and so on). How can we get more volunteers? Pastors and other church staffRead more…
Also Called
In the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, most professional church workers can identify with the phrase: “struggling through the call process.” In our denominational placement system, a church or school extends a “divine call” to a ministry position to an individual pastor,Read more…
In Sickness and In Health
“In sickness and in health.” In marriage, it can be a challenge to love and care for a spouse who is sick. Perhaps it’s the opposite challenge in our church family. When someone is seriously ill, when tragedy strikes, theRead more…
Love Shows
When someone’s in love, it shows. It may be that dreamy look or an absent-mindedness that gives it away. It’s certainly also revealed in the frequency with which the loved one is named in their conversation. And we’re most convincedRead more…