• Reaching for that trapeze bar ✓
    Our responses to change and transition in congregational life vary because our understanding of them is influenced by our experiences and individual temperament.
  • A warden’s guide: Surviving the process ✓
    Think of this time as the longest Advent season you have ever experienced.
  • Of Dinosaurs & Discernment
    Concern for the future started Lisa Towle and ECW-NC on a journey of discernment and discovery. More
  • Remembering About God
    Stacy Sauls invites us to image a different kind of church, one formed around making Christ truly present in the world. More
  • Answering God's Call
    When a congregation makes a paradigm shift from an attractional model of ministry to a missional model, how will the shift influence its understanding and practice of worship?
  • Real Collaboration
    Collaboration has about as much buzz as any buzzword seems to buzz these days.
  • Dating the Presbyterians
    We are "dating" a Presbyterian congregation that may one-day co-habitat with us in our buildings.
  • From Death, New Life
    What do you do when a once-vibrant ministry that defined a parish's commitment to social ministry outlives the needs of the surrounding community and the resources of the parish to sustain it?
  • The Importance of Being…Barnabas
    I am speaking here of that often overlooked hero in the New Testament book of Acts...
  • Closing the Planning Gap
    As we begin a new year, perhaps you are trying to decide, once again, what resolutions might bring you health and peace. One goal might be to close the planning gap. Or, put another way, this may be the year to finally address end of life issues for …