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If You Met My Family, You’d Understand: A Family Systems Primer, by Jack Shitama, © 2020 by Jack Shitama, © 2020 by Jack Shitama; Published by Charis Works, Inc. Earleville, Maryland; ISBN 978-1-7320093-9-4 (Ebook) On the fifth Tuesday of each quarter of the year, I share a book I’ve read recently. I highlighted “mustard seeds,”…
A few months ago, I wrote a blog post and followed it with a podcast episode with suggestions for preachers on how to leave a congregation. I discussed several ways that I’d done it, which were not the best. I saw progression as I moved a few more times. Here are links to those presentations:…
I like birthdays, anniversaries, and parties! Last week marked two years of the Gleaning Mustard Seeds podcast. Thank you for listening, telling others about the podcast, and your encouragement. What’s been amazing to me is how people from all over the world hear about this podcast and listen. There have been downloads from 89 countries…
Anxious Church, Anxious People: How to Lead Change in an Age of Anxiety, by Jack Shitama, © 2018 by Charis Works, Inc., Published by Charis Works, Inc. in Earleville, Maryland, ISBN 978-1-7320093-0-1 (Ebook) On the fifth Tuesday of each quarter of the year, I share a book I’ve read recently. I highlighted “mustard seeds,” which…
I recently received a response from a podcast episode that brought back encouraging, pleasant, and painful memories. The communication came in the form of a text from Fan Mail on my podcast, Gleaning Mustard Seeds, episode 81, Should we start a new church?: Hello Jerry. After listening to this podcast on starting a new congregation,…
I was in a lower grade of elementary school. When I arrived at the place where I waited for the school bus, there was new gravel on the shoulder of the road. I thought how neat it would be to throw a piece of gravel and hit the hubcaps on passing cars. I proceeded to…
Healing Hurting Churches: The Economou Process, by Dr. Don Hebbard, Credo House Publishers, Grand Rapids. Kindle Edition. On the fifth Tuesday of each quarter of the year, I share a book I’ve read recently. I highlighted “mustard seeds,” which impressed me. I hope you find one or two that will be helpful to you. To…
I’ve often been asked a question about starting a new congregation. I like to ask some questions. Here’s a guideline I’ve suggested several times. Scripturally, to start another congregation for some reason other than for evangelism, the church where you’re worshiping now should be meaner than Corinth or deader than Sardis. The church in the…
Do You Think About Ministry? A better ministry? An Interim Ministry? A new Ministry?Whether you’re a veteran preacher, a deacon wondering about your next step, a retiring professional ready to serve in a new capacity, or someone in your first year of ministry, if you’ve thought about it, you need to come to this workshop!…
Question Your thoughts please on elders taking every decision (financial) made before the men of the congregation before it’s actually made.I know and understand this isn’t being realistic. however; when you have one or two that wants everything brought before the men of the congregation before a decision is made and at the same time…