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Nov 10, 2020
2 min

Decision Fatigue, Gratitude, and Golf with Rev Chad Whaley

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

How a “Dialogical Lens” Can Help Preachers Craft Sermons in the “Purple Zone” by Leah D. Schade

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Nov 4, 2020
4 min

How a “Dialogical Lens” Can Help Preachers Craft Sermons in the “Purple Zone” by Leah D. Schade

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

A Picture of Resilience and Whole-Hearted Living with Rev Patti Meyer

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Oct 29, 2020
2 min

A Picture of Resilience and Whole-Hearted Living with Rev Patti Meyer

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

If I Knew Then What I Know Now by Rev. Andrea Severson

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Oct 26, 2020
3 min

If I Knew Then What I Know Now by Rev. Andrea Severson

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...

Look for the Simple: Wisdom from Pastors on Avoiding Burnout - A conversation with Rev. Amy Truhe

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Oct 20, 2020
2 min

Look for the Simple: Wisdom from Pastors on Avoiding Burnout - A conversation with Rev. Amy Truhe

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 or...

Everything Has Changed; Nothing Has Changed By Reverend Bob Chell

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Oct 13, 2020
2 min

Everything Has Changed; Nothing Has Changed By Reverend Bob Chell

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 ...

Mickey Mouse and Resilient Leadership by Tod Bolsinger, De Pree Center Church Leadership Initiative

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Oct 6, 2020
4 min

Mickey Mouse and Resilient Leadership by Tod Bolsinger, De Pree Center Church Leadership Initiative

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 t...

Rural Ministry in a Time of Plague by Richard Lischer

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Aug 24, 2020
4 min

Rural Ministry in a Time of Plague by Richard Lischer

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...

How Do We Develop Self-Awareness? with Pastor Sarah Ciavarri

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Jul 28, 2020
3 min

How Do We Develop Self-Awareness? with Pastor Sarah Ciavarri

We are living the history that Ph.D. candidates will pull apart for years to come and the history junior high students will study for dec...

Listening is a Profound Way of Doing by Pastor Bob Chell

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Jul 21, 2020
4 min

Listening is a Profound Way of Doing by Pastor Bob Chell

It is ironic that my best insight in being an effective pastor came one week before my official retirement. It wasn’t new to me although ...

Patience & Persistence from Pastor Nicole Woodley

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Jul 14, 2020
3 min

Patience & Persistence from Pastor Nicole Woodley

I’m a Madison girl (that’s my mother’s maiden name). My mother and her three sisters grew up helping at their parent’s restaurant. They h...

What Changes and What Stays the Same with Pastor Brian Jack

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May 13, 2020
2 min

What Changes and What Stays the Same with Pastor Brian Jack

Moses Project Cohort Pastor Brian Jack told me about a class he’s taking on preaching. During the class the subject of how long an on-lin...

Navigating the New Normal with Pastor Trish DeBoer

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May 11, 2020
1 min

Navigating the New Normal with Pastor Trish DeBoer

“In terribly discouraging times, try not to be too discouraged.” That’s what Moses Cohort Pastor Trish DeBoer told me as we talked about ...

Wisdom and Experience with Pastor Willie Rosin

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May 8, 2020
1 min

Wisdom and Experience with Pastor Willie Rosin

In our new series, Pastoring in Pandemic, we’re highlighting successes and struggles, sharing creative ideas, and discussing the harsh re...

Burial of the Dead: Funerals in a Time of Pandemic with Pastor Laura Phillips

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May 6, 2020
2 min

Burial of the Dead: Funerals in a Time of Pandemic with Pastor Laura Phillips

In our new series, Pastoring in Pandemic, we’re highlighting successes and struggles, sharing creative ideas, and discussing the harsh re...

Russell Lackey: How to turn a vicious cycle in ministry into a virtuous one

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Apr 30, 2020
1 min

Russell Lackey: How to turn a vicious cycle in ministry into a virtuous one

Russell Lackey was recently published in Faith and Leadership, A learning resource for Christian leaders and their institutions from Lead...

Missing Your Ministry Partners with Pastor Hannah Bergstrom de Leon

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Apr 28, 2020
2 min

Missing Your Ministry Partners with Pastor Hannah Bergstrom de Leon

In our new series, Pastoring in Pandemic, we’ll be highlighting successes and struggles, sharing creative ideas, and discussing the harsh...

Innovation During a Time of Crisis with Pastor Shawn Brooks

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Apr 25, 2020
2 min

Innovation During a Time of Crisis with Pastor Shawn Brooks

In our new series, Pastoring in Pandemic, we’ll be highlighting successes and struggles, sharing creative ideas, and discussing the harsh...

Leveraging Big Days to Reach New People in Rural Ministry written by Reverend Bob Bekkerus

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Apr 25, 2020
3 min

Leveraging Big Days to Reach New People in Rural Ministry written by Reverend Bob Bekkerus

Finding ways to connect with people who don't have a church is tricky in any setting. For the most part, reaching people who are not par...

LUTHERAN FUNDAMENTALS written by Rev. Dr. Ken Jones and Rev. Dr. Mark Mattes

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Apr 25, 2020
3 min

LUTHERAN FUNDAMENTALS written by Rev. Dr. Ken Jones and Rev. Dr. Mark Mattes

The cross We begin all conversation about God at the cross of Christ. It marks our Lord as the sole judge and redeemer of humanity. It de...

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