Congregations love the drama of arriving at a vision. Unfortunately, most visions go nowhere. One way to avoid this pitfall is to use Appreciative Inquiry.
Author Archive | Lawrence Peers
“Recalculating” Ministry at Mid-Career
When we are attentive, mid-career can be a time for us to deepen the “conversation with the elements” of ministry.
“Talk Amongst Yourselves”
“I’m a little verklempt.” When hot topics come up in congregations, we know we ought to have a conversation. But instead, like Linda Richman, Mike Myers’s character on Saturday Night Live, we get all “verklempt” and change the subject. Throwing out a random topic, in effect we say, “Talk amongst yourselves.”