I was in 7th grade, my family still working through a fresh series of transitions that included my father leaving his last settled pastorate (which I wrote about) and a move to a new community. It would be my third school system and, thankfully, the last one. But it was all still so raw andContinue reading “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Tarshish”
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What Pastoral Search Committees Can Learn from Conclave
The Roman Catholic Church and my own denomination, the United Church of Christ, could not be more different. The ways we each are structured, the ways each defines authority, and the ways each makes decisions are on opposite ends of a polity spectrum. The UCC doesn’t have a Pope, nor does it have bishops. Instead,Continue reading “What Pastoral Search Committees Can Learn from Conclave”
The Unintentional Interim is Available for Pre-Order
It’s been a while since I had any reason to provide an update on my next non-fiction book The Unintentional Interim: Ministry in Times of Transition. We’re finally getting close to the release, so now such updates and promotion will begin in earnest. First, check out the cover above. Nice, right? Next, we’re about aContinue reading “The Unintentional Interim is Available for Pre-Order”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 