Starting this blog has been a long journey. It began with a webinar where the sponsor talked about what a powerful influence a pastor...

“Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.”- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Being an only child for the first eight...

Early in our married life, my family moved a lot, six times in six years to be exact. You learn a great deal about how to transition....

“Some people will change when they see the light. Others change only when they feel the heat.” Unknown. When I hear the word change I...

Every person and organization goes through a period of transition. We are facing one in the organization I serve.  As part of that...

“Any change, at any time, for any reason, is to be deplored.” The Duke of Cambridge (late 1800s) The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians...

Life is about transitions.  Whether that transition is from diapers to walking, from High School to college, or more life altering from...

“He brings me back.” Psalm 23:3 The Camden, Maine Herald ran two photos on the same page: one of Camden’s board of selectmen and town...

A little boy told his mother, “I’d rather have a million friends than a million dollars.” “Why?” his mother asked. “Well, I figure if...

“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.” Thomas a’Kempis. I am...

I have this dream of serving a group of saints in a congregation, retiring there, celebrating with them at a big, tearful farewell party...

In a magazine for pastors [Pulpit Helps, August 1997] one fellow had written one of those “you know you’re in trouble when …” types of...