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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.

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.

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.

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

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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