June 2007
Newsletter

Call to Ministry—Constant and Changing

Bishop Kenneth L. Carder looks at the changing contexts of ministry and finds that nothing trumps the call that is inherent in our baptism.

SPE Spotlight

Revisioning Retreats Help Evangelical Covenant Pastors Wrestle with Call

Evangelical Covenant “revisioning retreats” give pastors “permission to hit the pause button and sit at the feet of Jesus.”

It’s Not about Time: Sabbath Observance for Pastors

Drawing on Abraham Heschel and Aelred of Rievaulx, Lisa Hess proposes that, for pastors at least, Sabbath be reconceived not as an interval in time but as a radical partnership lived weekly in God’s desire for covenantal relationship.

Relational Sabbath and the Academy

Lisa Hess explores the implications of “relational Sabbath” for religious leadership formation and how it could become a vehicle for pedagogical reform.

Developing Servant Leaders

Bob Burns on the role of hardship in shaping servant leaders.

Auburn Coaching Institute: Registration is Open!

The Auburn Coaching Institute’s Comprehensive Coaching Program 2007-08 is now taking applications. The program includes two residential sessions, October 24-26, 2007, and April 23-25, 2008, and twice-monthly individual coaching sessions by phone.