May 2005
Newsletter

What Does God have to do with Excellence?

All around us, a culture has emerged focused on vocational and professional leadership and excellence. But UMC Bishop Kenneth L. Carder asks what if anything does God have to do with excellence?

SPE Project Spotlight: The College of Pastoral Leaders, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Cohort groups at Austin's College of Pastoral Leaders are taking widely divergent approaches to peer learning. The common denominator: they're rediscovering the joy in ministry.

"Voices and Visions: The Grand and Passionate Madness of Ministry"

"I can never remember a time I didn't want to be a minister. I can never forget the times I have wanted to leave the ministry."... From the Transforming Covenants SPE Project: A sermon by the Rev. Victor L. Hunter...

Austin Cohort Reflection: "The Best Breakfast in Town!"

Every Wednesday morning, a group of Austin, Texas, pastors caught up in the "mysterious, wonderful, inspiring, and sometimes death dealing work" of pastoral ministry, find a place where they are not alone, a place to just be.

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