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Preaching and Trauma: A Preaching WELL Event

The Center for Leadership Excellence invites all who proclaim from the pulpit to join us this Thursday, 10-11:30am ET, for our final of three virtual workshops on the theme Wade in the Water: Engaging Challenging Topics from the Pulpit. This week, we welcome Kevin Baker and Crystal DesVignes to share with us their struggles and successes with… Continue Reading→

Preaching Across the Red/Blue Divide: A Preaching WELL Event

The Center for Leadership Excellence invites all who proclaim from the pulpit to join us this Thursday, 10-11:30am ET, for our second of three virtual workshops. Our Preaching WELL theme this year is Wade in the Water: Engaging Challenging Topics from the Pulpit, and this week we welcome Justin Coleman and Jabe Largen to share with us… Continue Reading→

Anti-Racist Preaching: A Preaching WELL Event

The Center for Leadership Excellence invites all who proclaim from the pulpit to join us this Thursday, 10-11:30am ET, for our first of three virtual workshops. Our Preaching WELL theme this year is Wade in the Water: Engaging Challenging Topics from the Pulpit, and this first week we welcome Lisa Yebuah (Southeast Raleigh Table) and Jamie Thompson… Continue Reading→

Tom Berlin Workshop is Next Week!

In a tough and tiring year, how do we find our feet and continue stepping forward in faith, trusting in God’s abundant gifts for our present and our future?  Join us on October 13, 10am-noon ET, for a virtual workshop with Tom Berlin.   This workshop is designed for clergy and laity to attend together, and… Continue Reading→

Called to a Life of Abundance

We have heard from many pastors and laity alike that these past 18 months have felt like wandering in the wilderness. Even more, as our communities of faith seek to envision the future, many are finding themselves stuck in a scarcity mindset, even though we know God has called us to a life of abundance. … Continue Reading→

Choosing Abundance – A Virtual Workshop with Tom Berlin

The Center for Leadership Excellence invites you to a workshop with Tom Berlin. At times we find ourselves wandering in what feels like barren lands. Our inclination may be to default to a mindset of scarcity and choose to retreat and disengage. Yet as followers of Christ, we should follow in faith and respond in… Continue Reading→

An Encouragement for September

For several of my childhood years, we had the habit of spending Labor Day underground. School would start the next day and this was the last opportunity for a summer activity. One year, as we were in the middle of a four-hour tour through Mammoth Cave, the guide told us to stop for a break and sit on some large boulders along the trail. Everyone in the group was most grateful and told him so. “Oh no, this isn’t a reward for what you just came through. This rest is to prepare you for what’s ahead.” 

Is hybrid worship really worth it?

Because many of you asked for additional time with Jason Moore, he is returning to offer a “Part 2” to his BOTH/AND workshop. This past April, Jason offered strategies for how to optimize worship experiences for both in-person and virtual worshippers. Whether you were at a large church with dedicated technical support or a small… Continue Reading→