Church, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Social Sector, Stewardship, Theology, Vocation

Leading around the Potholes- Thoughts on Stewardship Leadership

Last week I shared what I believe are some potholes of stewardship. Today, I would like to offer some reflection about how leadership plays a role in navigating, responding to, and overcoming these potholes. Let me put a few assumptions out there before I begin. My understanding of a leader, is that they lead and guide with the values, mission, and vision of their congregation … Continue reading Leading around the Potholes- Thoughts on Stewardship Leadership

timothysiburgApril 14, 20142 Comments

Change, Church, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Social Sector, Stewardship, Theology, Vocation, Worship

This Week’s Links

Tuesday means that it’s time to share with you some of what I have found interesting in the past week. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Stewardship; Vocation; Worship; and Miscellaneous. I entrust these links to you now, and hope you enjoy them and find them thought-provoking. Church and Ministry Thought & … Continue reading This Week’s Links

timothysiburgApril 8, 20142 Comments

Church, Leadership, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Theology, Vocation, Worship

Lent, Youth, and Opportunity

The following post is one that I originally wrote for the First Third blog at the invitation of Dr. Terri Elton. This post offers congregational scenarios and approaches for creating opportunities for youth and youth leadership during the season of Lent. Perhaps there are things here that might be interesting to try for your congregation next year? I hope you enjoy it, and I share this post here … Continue reading Lent, Youth, and Opportunity

timothysiburgApril 4, 2014Leave a comment

Church, Daily Life, Leadership, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Theology, Vocation

Asking the Questions- Faith and Theological Focus

On Sunday, friend and pastor Stephanie Vos shared a sermon which was equally beautiful, honest, and poignant at Trinity Lutheran Church. The sermon was grounded in the text of Luke 20:1-8. In unpacking the passage, Stephanie broke it into four parts: 1) A question about authority, posed by the chief priests, scribes and elders (vs. 1-2) 2) A question about John’s Baptism, posed by Jesus … Continue reading Asking the Questions- Faith and Theological Focus

timothysiburgApril 3, 2014Leave a comment

Change, Church, Conflict, Daily Life, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Theology, Vocation

Living in Diverse Community- Part 3

Today we pick-up the conversation about what it means to live in diverse community, and particularly with people you deeply disagree. Previously we laid the ground work, and then offered reflection on the how to live in such a community. Today, we consider some of the theological ideas that give me hope that this is possible. Theological Solace Perhaps this is where I see the … Continue reading Living in Diverse Community- Part 3

timothysiburgApril 2, 20143 Comments

Change, Church, Conflict, Cross Sector Collaboration, Daily Life, Family, Leadership, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Stewardship, Theology, Vocation, Worship

This Week’s Links

This is going to be a relatively short post. APRIL FOOLS! 🙂 Anyway, Happy April and hopefully wherever you are the snow has melted or is melting, and spring has really begun in earnest. As it is Tuesday, that means on the blog that it is time to share what I have been reading, seen, or found interesting in the past week with you. This … Continue reading This Week’s Links

timothysiburgApril 1, 20144 Comments

Change, Church, Conflict, Daily Life, Family, Leadership, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Theology, Vocation

Living in Diverse Community- Part 2

This post is the second in a 3-part series pondering what it means to be in community with people we disagree (particularly in congregations). The previous post laid the groundwork, and today we start to tackle the questions of how and what this looks like. How to Live in Diverse Community To engage and live in a diverse community takes intention. It takes a willingness to … Continue reading Living in Diverse Community- Part 2

timothysiburgMarch 31, 2014April 2, 20142 Comments

Change, Church, Conflict, Daily Life, Family, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Theology, Vocation

Living in Diverse Community- Part 1

This post offers beginning reflection for a 3-part series pondering what being in community means with people we disagree. Looking back This past fall, friend and pastor Kent Shane and I went back and forth imagining what it might mean to really claim all are welcome, all are sought, and to have a community and practice of accompaniment as part of this. It was our conversation which really … Continue reading Living in Diverse Community- Part 1

timothysiburgMarch 30, 2014April 2, 201410 Comments

Church, Conflict, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Neighbor Love, Nonprofits, Theology

Palm to head, repeat, then hope, trust and speak (or write)

I have been wrestling with being willing to write this or not. Well, since you are reading it, its obvious that the push to write it won out over my resistance to doing so. If you haven’t heard by now, World Vision, an organization I do respect, recently made a decision to be willing and open to hire people, regardless of their sexuality and if … Continue reading Palm to head, repeat, then hope, trust and speak (or write)

timothysiburgMarch 27, 2014March 27, 20146 Comments

Timothy Siburg

Thoughts on Stewardship, Leadership, Church and the Neighbor

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