We always say the church needs gifted young leaders. But so do many of our other institutions. Is a young pastor’s choice for politics a loss for the church? Can a young person serve with integrity as a pastor and a politician?
A former Word Made Flesh missionary recalls the mud-brick walls and open sewers of La Paz’s red-light district – and what she learned from the women there.
Ask the right questions. As a young minister, Nelson Granade learned to ask three important questions: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
Tempting as it is to “kill all the lawyers,” as Shakespeare said, some of them are faith-inspired leaders in their community, including one recently deceased judged and another newly minted law school graduate.
A Catholic Worker house is place of wonderful contradictions. Especially when it is run by Protestants.
Sarah Nazimova-Baum’s path was never straight, but her journey has become a source for much of her ministry.
Martin B. Copenhaver ponders whether he should be called “Martin,” “pastor” or some other title, such as “The Very Right Reverend Doctor Julius W. (‘Who Are You To Question My Authority?’) Johnson III.”
The two Archibald J. Careys -- father and son -- wielded power inside and outside the church for much of the 20th century. But the gains they made for the black community often were at the cost of their ministry, says historian Dennis C. Dickerson.
For SEVEN years, when my accountability group asked if I engaged in daily devotion, I reported “No.” It was the patience and prodding of my fellow clergy brothers and sisters that helped me actually do it.
He was only in it for the money, $16 a month. But a teenage stint as church janitor taught Bishop Kenneth L. Carder a lifetime of lessons about leadership.