Monthly Archives: June 2008

Taking responsibility for one’s own feelings

Posted on June 5, 2008 by igalindo

Learning to take responsibility for our own feelings can be hard work. Our culture certainly doesn’t help given its propensity for encouraging a “victim” mentality. People seem to “take offense” readily at just about anything. And too many encourage that … Continue reading →

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Should I take the money?

Posted on June 3, 2008 by igalindo

Over the past several months I’ve talked with various church staff about some money issues. One interesting aspect of these conversations is how they parallel. All of them involved a variation on: (1) a church member wanting to give money … Continue reading →

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Anam Cara

Posted on June 2, 2008 by igalindo

There has been a resurgence in clergy peer learning groups of late. A significant contribution to this has been the funding from the Lilly Foundation that has challenged and enabled denominations to bring about external impetus to the creation of … Continue reading →

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