by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Oct 4, 2021
Ministry in small towns and rural settings requires a special skill set. The congregations tend to be family-sized congregations with a long history but a shrinking impact. At the same time, the role they occupy in the community is more important than ever. Especially throughout the pandemic.
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Sep 27, 2021
Have you been watching the drama unfolding in the search for Alex Trebek’s replacement on the game show Jeopardy!? For a low-drama show, their blunders have captured outsized attention. The question decision-makers need to answer is “Are you playing jeopardy with the future of your church?”
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Jan 21, 2020
It’s easy to get depressed these days. Between the pandemic, meanspirited win/lose politics, the dismissal of fact-based debate, racial and social issues, public shootings, brutal treatment of migrants and asylum seekers, extreme weather events, and destabilized...
