Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have read and found interesting over the past week with all of you. 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 hope you enjoy these links! Church and Ministry Thought … Continue reading This Week’s Links
If you are a part of a congregation, faith community, or serve or volunteer with a non-profit, you know that it is important to cultivate volunteers or “lay leaders.” You probably also know that when you are building capacity of these volunteers and leaders there will likely be challenges, growth opportunities and growing pains along the way. Perfection won’t always be possible. Perhaps it shouldn’t … Continue reading Resisting Perfection and Performance in Worship
Tuesday on my blog means that I get to share some links with all of you. These are links to things that I have found interesting and thought provoking over the past week. This week’s edition is special though. It’s the 52nd edition of the links. You see, I started sharing these on Tuesdays just about a year ago. So, Happy Birthday to the Links! … Continue reading This Week’s Links
Lately I have found myself involved in questions about church membership. I have had conversations with new pastors about the challenges regarding it in their congregations. I have talked with pastors who have been serving for a year or more and heard similar thoughts. I have even heard synod level people remark about the issues with membership. This all seems to lead to one question … Continue reading Church Membership- Questions, Perspective and Potential Millennial Implications
Even though the Seattle Seahawks lost today (sadly), there are plenty of other positive things to go around. So, with that note, and in continuing the five-days of sharing gratitude and reflecting on positive things, here are three more positive things and experiences: 1) Yesterday, my wife Allison and I enjoyed a wonderful walk around Lake Como. While on the walk we talked more about … Continue reading Positive Things- Day 3
Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking over the past week with all of you. To this end, this week’s different 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 hope you enjoy … Continue reading This Week’s Links
This week I started a new interim role in a local congregation. The plan is that I will be serving as its Interim Worship and Music Director through the end of the calendar year. I am excited about this. It’s a new opportunity and it means that I will be working with a fun, creative and energetic team doing great work as part of a … Continue reading The Excitement of Newness
Every once and awhile a big question pops into my head. Sometimes I think about those questions and am completely focused on them. Sometimes I ignore the questions because I am just too busy. Other times I write the questions down and allow myself time to reflect and wrestle with them. I seem to have had a lot of questions lately. In fact, far more … Continue reading Twelve Questions on my Mind Today
Tuesday on my blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking with all of you. Because of travels and vacation, you might have noticed that there weren’t any links last week. To make up for that, this week’s edition seems to be fuller than usual. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; … Continue reading This Week’s Links
On the first Sunday after Pentecost, many in the larger Christian Church observe a day celebrating the Holy Trinity. The week prior on Pentecost, we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit. This week we are allowed a little space in worship to remember and contemplate deeply what it might mean that God is Three Persons (and all the mystery related to that), or if … Continue reading The Holy Trinity (First Sunday after Pentecost)
Timothy Siburg 