by Rebecca Prater | Jan 14, 2003 | Opinion
Where do we get what we say and what we do to match up? It happens in congregations that allow the winds of the Spirit to blow wherever and on whomever the Spirit chooses. But what if you are 57, single, female, or any other deviation from that profile? What gifted...
by Larry Coleman | Apr 10, 2002 | Opinion
Rebecca Prater’s column is intriguing. Would the same criteria apply to a minister, a professor in a seminary, a leader of a denominational agency? I know some “fallen” ministers who do have a faith relationship despite obvious moral brokenness in...
by Rebecca Prater | Apr 5, 2002 | Opinion
Congregants sometimes ask questions that cause clergy to polish a new edge on their philosophy of music in worship. As minister of music and worship, I was recently faced with such a question. A congregant asked why we use the music of a composer who has been charged...