December  2008 Newsletter

So long . . . and hello again

As the SPE newsletter and website come to a close, Janice Virtue and Bill Lamar say good-bye . . . and see you next year at Faith & Leadership!

Excellence Lessons in Thanksgiving Letters

In 1975, Bishop Kenneth L. Carder began a Thanksgiving ritual—writing letters of gratitude to people who had significantly shaped his life.

The Blackbird Whistling . . . Or Just After

As much as we must try to understand, cultivate, nurture, practice and describe pastoral excellence, we can never “get it all,” Craig Gilliam says.