leadership

Bishop Curry’s accomplishments, inspirational sermons, sage wisdom, and steady urging to follow in the ways of Jesus are already filling books on our shelves.

In the story of David and Bathsheba, Samuel describes “the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle” (2 Sam....

Questions for a Prospective Rector Candidate to Ask the Search Committee The calling of a new rector is a discernment process for both the candidate...

By Sarah Puryear The recent Amazon Prime documentary Shiny Happy People is a devastating and incisive examination of the form of Christianity followed by the...

By Neal Michell I have served as an interim rector for nine congregations, gleaning lessons along the way, which I share now in this three-part essay....

By Kristine Blaess In 1992, President Václav Havel of Czechoslovakia wrote an Opinion piece for The New York Times that electrified its readership. “The end...

Part of what makes leading a church so dynamic and exciting is that, within our ministries, we lead at least three different sorts of...

Last week, the county in which I serve made the national news in a ProPublica article that alleges systemic racial bias in our county’s...

By Clint Wilson I arrived in my parish five weeks before the pandemic hit Louisville, Ky. Is this what it felt like to start as a...

The new rector should use the first 90 days to establish the new priest as role of a caring pastor of the congregation by spending his or her time listening to as many parishioners as possible. This requires great intentionality on the part of the new rector. By being intentional in these first 90 days the new rector can instill a sense of enthusiasm and develop some early momentum in this crucial time in the life of the congregation.