Sustaining Pastoral Excellence

April 2006
Newsletter

 
 

The Healing Power of Storytelling

It enables healing, engenders hope and encourages commitment and action. Bishop Kenneth Carder learns anew the power of storytelling as a practice of excellent ministry.
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SPE Program Spotlight:

Mass. UCC Helps New Clergy Get a Good Start

In Massachusetts, new UCC clergy are flourishing thanks to a SPE program that's helping pastors make the difficult transition from seminary to local church ministry.
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Yale SPE Fosters “Faith as a Way of Life”

Thinking theologically about everything is crucial to a full understanding of pastoral excellence, says Christian Scharen. From it, emerges faith as a way of life.
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From Faithful Ministry to Fruitful Leadership

Lovett H. Weems, Jr., offers a model of fruitful leadership.
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Melancholy Leaders

Two recent books on Abraham Lincoln prompt L. Gregory Jones to ponder the significance of melancholy for shaping faithful leadership. Reprinted from The Christian Century.
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The Sustaining Pastoral Excellence program is funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.