by Rev. Dr. Charity Roberson | Feb 19, 2026 | Coaching, Communication, Congregations, Consulting, Educational Event, Future, History, Interim Ministry, Leadership, News
You may have read earlier this year from our new director, Beth Kennett, that we are headed in some new directions as The Center for Congregational Health. In recent years, we have found ourselves in the same place many of our congregations have. The realities around...
by Beth Kennett | Jan 28, 2026 | Anxiety, Communication, Congregations, Emotional intelligence, Future, History, Leadership, Ministers, News, Relevance, Uncategorized
I have been struck by the dichotomy of news in recent days—Buddhist monks, and their dog, walking for peace and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents activating chaos and terror resulting in the unnecessary deaths of people. With either side or pole...
by Rev. Dr. Charity Roberson | Jan 21, 2026 | Anxiety, Congregations, Consulting, Future, History
The 2016 Trend If you are on social media these days, you may have seen the 2016 trend. People are flashing back to 2016 by sharing pictures of themselves ten years ago, sharing details of their lives, reminiscing about what life was like. There are also those...
by Rev. Dr. Charity Roberson | Oct 15, 2025 | Anxiety, Congregations, Consulting, Leadership, Ministers
You ever had an injury? Something just stops working like it’s supposed to. You wake up one morning with a pain and you may not even been sure where it started but now you know something is not right. But you decide to wait. Just see if it takes care of itself. Making...
by Beth Kennett | Feb 5, 2025 | Coaching, Congregations, Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Ministers, Relationships
I regularly hear colleagues inquiring about coach training—Is everyone becoming a coach? It seems like everyone calls themselves a coach, is the market saturated? Why is coaching and coach training so popular? What makes your coach training any different from...
by Beth Kennett | Feb 23, 2023 | Congregations, Future
By Anne Tambling It’s an interesting question. We all know the statistics on the state of the Church. Attendance is down. Giving is down. Churches are trying to find ways to attract younger adults as the next generation of leaders. In many a Sunday sermon, we hear of...
