October 2005
Newsletter

Lament As Faithful Ministry

Helping people lament may be our most pastoral response to Hurricane Katrina, suggests Bishop Kenneth L. Carder.

SPE Program Spotlight:
MTS Recipe for Excellence:
“Scholarship, Piety, Justice. . . and Health”

Memphis Theological Seminary’s SPE program takes a holistic approach to pastoral excellence, viewing and supporting pastors in the totality of their vocational and personal lives.

Excellence and Earthiness:
Servant Leadership from a Biblical Perspective

Douglas M. Strong looks to Second Corinthians to help understand ministerial excellence.

A Morning Prayer of Sustenance

Pamela Hawkins offers a prayer about “God’s sustaining presence through creation and promise.”

Detroit Newspaper Features Local SPE Program

David Crumm, religion columnist for the Detroit Free Press, takes a look at Ecumenical Theological Seminary’s SPE program.