I have always had the dream of using my gifts in the local church. One of my primary reasons for going to seminary was that I would take...

This is written by: Alice Fryling (see more about her below). I received this article my first year of seminary. It is a real treasure of...

Ezekiel 34 is my go-to passage of scripture when I think about spiritual leadership. I like the Message Version verses 1-6, God's Message came to me: "Son of man prophesy against the shepherd-leaders of Israel. Yes, prophesy! Tell those shepherds, "God, the Master, says: Doom to you shepherds of Israel, feeding your own mouths! Aren't shepherds supposed to feed sheep? You drink the milk, you make clothes from the wool, you roast the lambs, but you don't feed the sheep. You d

This is one of my greatest ah-ha moments. I lived most of my life trying to “balance” being a wife, mother, minister etc., and I never...

I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to learn Spiritual Leadership Inc.’s (SLI) generative change methodology while I was in seminary. I was invited to be a coach for SLI; however, I couldn’t join the SLI team as a coach due to circumstances beyond my control. However, I did have the privilege of being taught the SLI methodology in seminary. There is no doubt in my mind that the churches that committed to SLI’s methodology for the purpose of fostering transformation, d

Church growth isn’t about increasing the number of people in a congregation it’s about cultivating spiritual maturity. Spiritual maturity...

This blogpost is inspired by a text I received from a woman this morning @ 6:33 am. I was compelled to write this, this morning. Much...

On July 31[a] of my thirtieth year,[b] while I was with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylon, the heavens were opened and...

What keeps me up at night is a deep sorrow that makes me long to help the institutional church be healthy. I have been praying and...