Resources
Like anything we do that is meaningful and worthwhile, leadership can be exhausting, painful, and frustrating, even when we do everything right.
In the absence of support, both from people and from fresh perspectives, it can be downright impossible.
These resources offer support and encouragement.
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Speaking Engagements
Service and Sermon from September 4, 2022 at First Baptist Church in Suffield, CT
Service and sermon from October 31, 2021 at the United Church of Christ in Darien, CT
Sermon from October 3, 2021, at First Congregational Church in Stockbridge, MA
Interview with David Finegold, President of Chatham University, in a series entitled The Future of Higher Education
Interview on Round Hill Radio about what brought Andover Newton to New Haven
Three-person conversation with interviewer Curtis Ramsey-Lucas and co-interviewee Jeffrey Haggray in the series: Justice. Mercy. Faith on social awareness in ministry
Book talk with Chris Davies in the UCC National setting on Sharing Leadership: a UCC Way of Being in-Community
Preaching engagement at Ocean Park Temple July 18, 2021
Book talk with Chris Owens, host of “What In God’s Name,” about Dynamic Discernment: Reason, Emotion, and Power
Selected Articles
https://christiancitizen.us/is-the-church-collapsing/, June 2023
https://christiancitizen.us/microscope-spotlight-learning-curve-stakes-when-leadership-anxiety-gets-to-be-too-much/, December 2021
The In-Ministry MDiv, in the Journal of Religious Leadership, Spring 2016
Experiential Education, in the Christian Education Journal, 2009
Institutional Pain, in the Journal of Religious Leadership Spring 2007
Learning, Leadership, and Rapid Change in the Journal of Religious Leadership, August 28, 2006
Books
Intentional Leadership In Between Times. The Pilgrim Press, 2022
Sharing Leadership: A United Church of Christ Way of Being in Community. The Pilgrim Press, 2021
Dynamic Discernment: Reason, Emotion, and Power in Faith Community Change Leadership. The Pilgrim Press, 2019
Leading Change in Campus Religious Life. Scholars’ Press, 2015
Holy Clarity: The Practice of Planning and Evaluation. The Alban Institute, 2009
“The work” includes:
differentiating ourselves from the communities we lead, rather than fusing with them emotionally, riding their every up and down like a roller-coaster;
learning good leadership theories to guide us;
reflecting deeply on our leadership successes and failures;
trying all kinds of new experiences so as to become and remain accustomed to the discomfort that comes with unfamiliarity;
becoming more attuned to our contexts through showing up and building relationships; and
delving into the stories of other leaders and communities so we might learn through their experiences.
