alban institute

a time for lasts (retirement/aging)

a way to flourish

balancing ministry, balancing life

becoming a holy, healing church

celebrating vocation in worship

cleaning up bad communication

clergy emotional IQ & conflict competence

clergy killer debate

clergy renewal: you need it

conditions for new pastor's success

coping with stress

creating something beautiful for God

dialogue transforms conflict

differentiated leadership

emerging as ministers

emotional intelligence & leadership

failure (for congregations) to thrive

hopelessness into wholeness

hospitality to the stranger

intentionality, practice & vitality

intentional communities of practice

interim ministry:

     • a change of pastors

     • the interim period

     • stations of the search

     • interim time resource page

     • the pastoral search journey

learning to apologize

listening for God's leading

listening: part of healthy dialogue

make green a desert place

mapping the virtuous circle

ministry of encouragement

nurturing a 3rd way

overcoming loneliness in ministry

pathway of simplicity

policies, performance, and personnel

promoting healthy congregations

rational functionalism

sabbath-keeping for pastor

sabbath time as self-care

seeing ourselves in the other

setting the welcome thermostat

simplicity itself

spiritual but not religious?

temptations in ministry

tending to the holy in ministry

a time for trust

top ten ways congregations shape and are shaped by society

troubled congregations

unpredictable seasons

virtual community

vital worship, healthy congregations

why do we worship the way we've always worshiped?