Reflections & Research
Discover what we are learning about what helps pastors thrive
January 11, 2010
Storytelling and story listening
Storytelling assumes uncertainty. The Southern writer talks about how teachers, preachers and leaders can use storytelling to engage their audiences — and why he has returned to church. Clyde Edgerton grew up in a family with 23 aunts and uncles and was inspired to be a writer after hearing Eudora Welty read “Why I Live at […]
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A holistic approach to wellness
Pastors work in a complex relationship network. New research shows that efforts to improve clergy health must go beyond eating well and exercise to account for the influence of congregations and denominational polity.
read moreabout A holistic approach to wellnessFebruary 23, 2009
25 ways to Sunday
Churches call ministers, but it takes time to grow a pastor, says the Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, the legendary “dean of the nation’s black preachers.”
read moreabout 25 ways to SundayJanuary 19, 2009
Ray of hope
As a black woman in ministry, the Rev. Cynthia Hale has faced doubters throughout her career. But today she is the founder and spiritual leader of a 5,100-member Georgia church.
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