James Howell

The decision to go into the ministry after growing up with dad or mom as a pastor must be freighted with complex weirdness.

What does it mean for the community of faith if the brain now functions differently than it has in the past?

What majority vote would Jesus ever have won?

How can the church be more creative if its ordination process does not value those who are?

At some point most clergy wind up playing chaplain for non-churchgoing family.

Prayer alters perceptions about the world and the signs of God’s life in it.

How should church leaders respond to the criticism that their church is not a "safe place"?

Could it be that emotional or psychological struggles are not burdens merely to overcome, but actual gifts of the Spirit to the church?

How can we do clergy evaluations without sweating our way through the process?

What are the right numbers?

How to think about failure in a culture at odds with it.