By Danielle Shroyer I’ve been interested in the work and writings of Margaret Wheatley for many years now. I just read her book, with Deborah Frieze, Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey Into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now. They used the title “Walk Out,...
By Mandy Smith From Leadership Journal Pastoring has always been hard. Today it’s especially challenging; we’re in a time of radical upheaval. Some pastors are watching their congregations and denominations shrink. Others find that the ways they’ve...
By Eddie Gross From Faith & Health Leadership In 2013, the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), the umbrella organization of Reform Jewish congregations throughout North America, launched a movement-wide set of experiments with Communities of Practice In addition to a...
Baptist News Global By Brian Kaylor It’s not easy being a small, rural church in America today. Denominations sometimes focus more resources on bigger, urban congregations. And luring a pastor to the boondocks is a major challenge. “Many seminary graduates will not...
From CCG: Perspectives By John Wimberly Too many congregations are obsessed with finding the right pastor or creating the right programs, when we should be focused on congregational culture. Every Sunday, I make a point of reading “Corner Office” on page two of The...
