Pastoral Profiling: Break Free From the Mold

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...

Using Songs in Spite of the Songwriters

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...