filtered by Clergy Transition, Conflict
By Nathan Kirkpatrick
Can inexperience be a desirable quality in a candidate? In Would You Hire a Job Candidate with an Unconventional Background?, Nathan Kirkpatrick examines how we typically fill leadership roles in the Church, and asks us to consider the more unlikely candidate who may be able to do the truly transformative work we desire.
By Charis Bhagianathan
ECFVP Editor Charis Bhagianathan introduces the May 2018 issue of Vestry Papers featuring resources on clergy and lay transitions.
By Greg Syler
If we push ourselves in new directions, I believe we might in turn realize new things – not the least about God, who is (still) the Lord of the church.
By Greg Syler
With his own job about to change, Greg Syler explores what the role of a rector is from perceived expectations to the church-wide Canons.
By Richelle Thompson
I wanted, really wanted, to be a gracious winner, but maybe there’s greater opportunity for change if I can learn how to be a gracious loser.
By Anna Olson
How might we witness to that spirit of anamnesis at this fraught moment in our own country?
By Anna Olson
How do we pray about huge, horrible things that we can’t easily stop or control? How do we pray when there is nothing we can do to fix what is wrong?
By James Mathes
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