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What’s with all the markers and newsprint?

(Originally Published December 10, 2015) If you've attended the College for Congregational Development, or hired one of our consultants for your vestry retreat or mutual ministry review, you might have wondered why we seem so enamored with markers … [Read more...]

Looking Directly at the Sun: Seeing Without Being Blinded

As I write this blog post, I’m waiting (un)patiently for the 2017 solar eclipse. It’s been 38 years since an eclipse of this magnitude could be viewed from the contiguous U.S. To prepare, I went to the local library and picked up a free pair of … [Read more...]

To everything there is a season…

Originally posted on March 27, 2015 Years ago a therapist colleague said to me, "All relationships end." She was reflecting on the human experience of birth, growth, maturity, decline, and death. Her clients sometimes need to hear this: that it's … [Read more...]

Registration for the College for 2018 is now open!

Registration is now open for both sessions (weekend and week-long intensive) of The College for Congregational Development in the Diocese of Olympia. Dates for 2018 are: Weekend sessions (Friday & Saturday) 2018: February 9 – 10, 2018 April … [Read more...]

First Year of the College in Diocese of Rochester now going on July 23-29, 2017

The first year of the College is now in progress, July 23-29, 2017 at Notre Dame Retreat House in Canandaigua, NY. Too late to join them this year but how about the next? The College equips leaders to look at their current reality … [Read more...]