Leadership catalyst
It’s time to take a step back from congregational distress and look at it from a wide-angle lens. Because your people are going through multiple disasters—health crisis, economic collapse, racial injustice, social upheaval—at the same time. What can we learn from disaster mental health experts to navigate a way forward?
Almost every pastor I’ve spoken to the last six months has shared a similar story. “It seems like my church is about to disintegrate.” For some the challenge has come in the form of contention over the ever-changing guidelines related …
Anyone else out there suffering from emotional whiplash? One minute I’m enjoying springtime sunshine and a cool breeze. The next minute I’m sad for my black and brown friends who tell me they don’t feel safe when they go out …
Today is the day the church in the west celebrates the ascension of our Lord into heaven. Yes, believe it or not, it’s been forty days since Easter! To commemorate the day I wrote a new tune to a beloved …
By my count today begins the tenth week that we in NYC have been required to shelter in place. At first there was a novelty to the requirement as I worked out solutions to new challenges.. How would we manage …