Category Archives: spiritual gifts

Thoughts on Spiritual Gifts.

Book review: Letting Go: Transforming Congregations for Ministry, by Phillips

Roy Phillip’s Letting Go (Herndon, Virginia: The Alban Institute, 1999) starts with the assertion that ministers need to “let go” of their need to control every aspect of their congregation, and to let the members take charge. Phillips talks about … Continue reading

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Prayer, The Force, Energy, and Causality

First, I think I need to start this entry by saying that I’m a personal believer in prayer (although I must confess that I didn’t really know how to pray until I was forty, even though I grew up in … Continue reading

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