Lincoln Lessons: Real Church, Real Theology

Lincoln Lessons: Real Church, Real Theology

David Wood and his wife, Donna, have lived in Lincoln, Vermont, for 43 years. During those years, David served as pastor of the United Church of Lincoln for over three decades. This week, I had the privilege of sitting down with David to discuss the church, his...
Don’t Scapegoat Your Minister

Don’t Scapegoat Your Minister

Every pastor hears it: Just do what one of your predecessors did a few decades ago and all will be well within congregational life. Nope. Yet, somewhere in that row of dusty and successive portraits — likely lining a wall enroute to the sanctuary — is the image of a...