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Step Up or Step Out: How to Deal with Difficult People Even If You Hate Conflict, by Jonno White I found no copyright or publisher. This is a short book. I found three “mustard seeds.” I share a book I’ve read recently on the fifth Tuesday of each quarter of the year. I highlighted “mustard…
Ross Jordan began his work with the Central Church of Christ in October 1987. Cordell Holloway, our education minister, Ross, and I met the first Monday to get acquainted and discuss how we would work together. Among many other things, Ross asked Cordell and me, “Do you want the church to grow?” Cordell replied that…
Many read Matthew 6:14, 15 and come up with the rule that a faithful Christian will forgive everyone, everything, every time. But, as John 3:16 doesn’t contain every detail in the plan of salvation, Matthew 6:14, 15 doesn’t contain all the teachings of Jesus on forgiveness. He also said: Pay attention to yourselves! If your…
Interim Ministry in Action: A Handbook for Churches in Transition, by Norman B. Bendroth, An Alban Institute Book, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Copyright © 2018 by The Roman & Littlefield Prublishing Group, Inc., (electronic) ISBN 9781538104989 This is the latest book I’ve read about interim ministry. Mr. Bendroth lays out the need, advantages, and helplessness…
Elders are to be hospitable. 1 Timothy 3:2 Christians are to be hospitable “without grumbling.” 1 Peter 4:9 Three ways to be “friendly to strangers” (CEV) that have been helpful to me. These are ways I’ve experienced learning about new people in a community and beginning to find ways to work together. What’s been helpful to you?
[This post is from a previous Jenkins Institute magazine, Hope and Expectation. Used by permission.] I begin by saying I’ve had few people who aggravated me constantly. I’ll discuss some people who brought pain for a time and how I dealt with each. As a young preacher, a man came by the church building each Saturday…
Jesus tells us how to deal with a brother who sins against us. Matthew 18:15-17 When an elder or eldership is in sin, “missing the mark,” Paul tells a preacher, “As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear” 1 Timothy 5:20, ESV….
The Practice: shipping creative work, by Seth Godin; Copyright © 2020 by Do You Zoom, Inc.; Penguin, New York 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…
We had a beautiful weekend at the Alabama 4-H Center in Columbiana, Alabama. The temperature was ideal. The facilities for sleeping and meeting were excellent. The food was delicious. We had all our meals there and spent Friday night there. There were nine elders, three ministers, and their wives in the workshop. They had read…
Interim Ministry Workshop, Tuesday-Thursday March 14–16, 2023, Heritage Christian University, Florence, Alabama Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert with Katie Casselberry; Moody Publishers, Chicago, © 2015 by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. Excellent follow-up to When Helping Hurts. This book focuses more…