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Thrive in Five: Relational: February 2025
In his book People Fuel: Fill Your Tank for Life, Love, and Leadership, Dr. John Townsend identifies 22 nutrients that enrich relationships. When these nutrients are present in our relationships, then we can be more open to others, more creative, and more...
Thriving Together- January 2025
Live Anointed: How the Holy Spirit Sanctifies Men and Women to Lead Together Enjoy this excerpt from the newly released book, Live Anointed: How the Holy Spirit Sanctifies Men and Women to Lead Together, written by Rev. Katie Lance: When I sensed the Holy Spirit...
Thrive in Five: January 2025
Taking care of the heart is foundational to all health goals.
Thriving Together- December 2024
Treasuring Uncertainty Read Luke 2:8-20, 2:41-52 God created me to be a very logical, ordered person. I see the beauty in His creation when life follows the predictable processes that He puts in place. Nothing is more miraculous or beautiful to me, for example, than...
Thrive In 5-The Importance of Home and Housing Allowance for Pastors
More churches are realizing this and are now helping pastors buy their own homes instead.
Thrive In 5: Grieving Well
Grief is the process through which “weeping may spend the night but there is joy in the morning”
Thriving Together- November 2024
Such a Time as This Esther 4:14: “And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” Romans 12:2: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Thank you, Lord, for His...
Thrive In 5: Five Benefits of Decentralized Leadership
Thriving organizations understand which seasons require centralized leadership and which seasons call for decentralized leadership.
A Culture of Cooperation: Ways Your Church Can Engage in Pastor Appreciation Month
Pastor Appreciation Month is a time to honor and celebrate the sacrifices, commitments, and hard work that pastors have made in serving their congregations and communities.
Thriving Together- October 2024
Your gifts and talents are not just for you; they are to serve others. So it is no longer just about you but about your neighbor—a double responsibility.
Thrive In 5- Relational: Practices that Sustain Community
Today ministry leaders also seek to cultivate such unity of heart, mind, and even resources within the congregation in general and leadership teams in particular.
Thriving Together- September 2024
PreacHer Sunday Is An Open Invitation to Men I might not be a pastor today if it weren’t for men. Before you read that statement and make certain assumptions about my theology, let me explain. Many women in ministry have shared heartbreaking stories of how men (males...
Thriving Together- August 2024
In this edition, we want to celebrate and highlight the thirty-six women ordained in 2024.
Thrive In 5: Physical – Bone Health
The skeletal system is very important to the human body.
Thriving Together- July 2024
I am walking toward fulfilling my calling On December 8, 1991, my journey following the call that God placed on my life began. I joined a Unitarian Church where the calling of women is not acknowledged. This was my first obstacle and also an opportunity to trust in...
Thrive In 5: Spiritual -Vibrant But Ordinary
Sometimes, the best jumpstart to a vibrant spiritual life is a return to ordinary life and tasks.
Thriving Together- June 2024
Shrewd as Snakes, Innocent as Doves (Matthew 10:16) “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” (Ephesians 5:16) making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. (Joel 2:28) “And afterward,...
Thrive In 5: Emotional: How healthy is the balance in your energy account?
Every day you are either making deposits or withdrawals of energy from your energy account.
Thriving Together- May 2024
Forget What Is Behind and Reach Forward to What is Ahead! 02215. Would you like to take a guess what that number stands for? If you guessed the zip code for Fenway in Boston, then you are correct!! Your prize? Picture me giving you a high five!! 02215 is a number...
Thrive In 5- Relational Freedom with Boundaries
Togetherness creates group identity. Individuality promotes personal identity.
Thrive In 5: Intellectual Five Layers of Ministry Success
The team agreed to filter every aspect of their lives through one key question in pursuit of their lofty goal, “Will it make the boat go faster?”
Thriving Together- April 2024
No matter how important your work, roles, and responsibilities are, you have God’s permission to rest.
Thriving Together-March 2024
Being a woman in ministry sometimes feels like using a pair of right-handed scissors when you are left-handed.
