Tuesday on the blog means that it is time to share some links to things I have found interesting, head-scratching or thought-provoking over the past week. As always, I break up the links into categories. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Vocation; Worship and Miscellaneous. I hope … Continue reading This Week’s Links
Gracious and holy God, lead us from death to life, from falsehood to truth. Lead us from despair to hope, from fear to trust. Lead us from hate to love, from war to peace. Let peace fill our hearts, our world, our universe; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. I felt like offering a prayer was the best place, and perhaps only place … Continue reading Memorial Day Reflections
You might often hear the term “lay leadership” every once and awhile in church and ministry areas of thought. Many people describe this differently. The description that I prefer is one meaning the non-congregational staff or non-clergy who are serving in some form of volunteer leadership within a congregation or faith community. Admittedly, it is an insider term and “leaders” or “non-staff leaders” might be … Continue reading How do you cultivate lay leadership?
Last month, Dan Lewis, anchor at KOMO TV in Seattle, announced that he would be retiring from the anchor desk in about a month’s time. Unfortunately, that day has come today. Dan Lewis KOMO has literally been the anchor at KOMO in Seattle my entire life. I grew up watching the news, learning and listening to him and Kathi Goertzen KOMO, as well as Steve Pool and Eric … Continue reading Thank You to Dan Lewis
Tuesday means that it is time to share some of what I have come across, read, and found interesting in the past week. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation; Worship and Miscellaneous. I entrust them to you now and hope you enjoy them and find … Continue reading This Week’s Links
Last week Barbara Walters was rightfully celebrated leading up to her retirement from active time in front of the camera. She may well still do an occasional interview and special when called upon by ABC, but she has entered retirement for the time being. A number of stories, images, ideas, challenges, etc., came up as she reminisced and was celebrated. The one I want to … Continue reading Mentoring and Legacy
An idea struck me earlier this week- perhaps it would be fun to share a post for graduates, or soon to be graduates. Since I have a special connection with many in the graduating class from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota this year, my thoughts are going to be directed to them. But perhaps these would be appropriate to other graduates? If there is … Continue reading To the soon to be commenced…
Stewardship can be emotional. I have written a couple things about stewardship over the last few months, including some challenges related to it and being able to navigate those challenges. Today it occurred to me though that I haven’t really mentioned the emotional piece around stewardship. Why is it so emotional? Let’s take a step back. Perhaps you have figured this out by now- one … Continue reading Stewardship is Emotional (aka- Talking and thinking about money is emotional)
Happy Tuesday everyone! Tuesday here on the blog means it is time to share some of what I have found interesting and thought-provoking this past week with all of you. This week’s topic categories include: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation and Miscellaneous. You may notice that there is a … Continue reading This Week’s Links
A couple days ago I wrote some more about transitions. Out of that conversation and a request for input on what to write my next post about, my friend and soon to be pastor, Rebecca Sullivan asked me to “continue thinking about transitions and finding community.” So out of that request comes what follows. I think it also hearkens back to other community pondering posts … Continue reading Transitions and Community
Timothy Siburg 