Mission/Vision/Planning

“Wayside Pulpits” have been mainstays at UU congregations for decades. They started out as outside display cases that hold an uplifting quote from a famous sage (or other respected source) printed...

Let me share a fable of two congregations.
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Smaller congregations in many denominations are struggling to survive. This doesn't mean they are necessarily "doing church" badly....

It's the beginning of the year, and Ministerial Search Committees have just received a list of names of ministers who are interested in learning more ab...

Supporting one another is important, but if that is primarily what you do, then your congregation will decline.

What is our core business – as congregations; as a faith community? There is a lot riding on how we answer that question.

Once upon a time there was a congregation that wanted a mission statement. They appointed a committee that worked hard....

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I’m wearing green – how about you? And after a winter such as we have had, that green is a precious promise of spring. A promise of fresh green grass, new lettuce and...

I often use General Motors as an example of the top-down model of organization and leadership that is the opposite of what our congregations need to be nimble and vital (and I might add, attractive to...

There is a quote that guides me in my work: “We create the path by walking.” How many of us knew exactly who or what we wanted to be when we “grew...