Article written by The Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade In my 2017 and 2021 surveys of U.S. mainline Protestant pastors about ministry, preaching,...

Pastors, I see how hard it is to be leading churches right now. Fall generally brings lots of busyness as programs and meetings resume,...

“Sing to the Lord a new song” – Psalm 98 “Come into God’s presence with singing” – Psalm 100 “Let everything that breathes praise the...

It is Paul Tillich who reminds us that theologian is one who has made “an existential decision” to stand on the boundary between...

Well, yesterday afternoon when Steve said it’s every preacher's dream or nightmare to be told to preach on whatever you want. It’s...

On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 rural pastors from all over the Midwest gathered at Luther Memorial Church in Des Moines, Iowa. A worship...

Russell Lackey was recently published with Missio Alliance: Providing resources for soul care, ministry tools you can use right now, and...

The word “innovation” doesn’t strike the same level of fear in people as the word “change” does. Yet, when people hear this word used at...

Let me take you into the skilled nursing facility where I’m the Dir. Of Spiritual Care. COVID has changed everything. It started with a...

I choose to believe the Apostle Paul was thinking about writing a sermon when he penned these words in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 16 So we do...

Sermon from the January Moses Retreat 2021 Scripture reading Matthew 11 28 "Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy...

Having grown up in a suburban neighborhood in the sixties and seventies, going to college in an urban setting, then serving as a...

It’s awfully hard to make plans right now, Pastor Chad Whaley, acknowledged. “It’s challenging to rally people at church. Decisions need...

Teaser: Using a ‘dialogical lens’ for scripture and preaching can open new options for “Purple Zone” sermons in the red-blue divide....

If the dictionary published pictures with its definitions, you’d see Patti Meyer’s face beside the word resilient. Rev. Meyer serves as...

When I was invited to share at a Moses Project retreat last January, I was given the impossible task of sharing all the things I wish I'd...

I was talking to Pastor Amy Truhe on the phone when she gave me this piece of advice for surviving pastor burnout: “everybody needs to...

It was 1969. I was a junior in high school and our Luther League drove from Rapid City to Sioux Falls to attend a gathering at Augustana...

I was once Mickey Mouse’ bodyguard. For one evening. For about 2 hours. But it altered the way I saw the world and today deeply impacts...

Reflections on Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and Discovery In the Gospels many of the episodes in Jesus’s ministry have their origin in...