by Rebekah Simon-Peter | May 1, 2019
As a Christian leader, you have the dreams of God planted within you. Your task of leadership, your greatest act of stewardship, is to dare to bring forth those dreams, then to lead people in their realization.
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Apr 22, 2019
Your congregation has up to six, maybe even seven, different generations in it. While the oldest generation is unlikely to still be attending worship, they are still part of your congregation. And the newest generation is on its way in. Each generation is...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Apr 11, 2019
My colleague, Martha Taylor, recently reported a conversation with a parishioner in which said parishioner gushed, “Oh, I just love my church to death!” Martha noted that she had a tight grip on the reins and leadership of the church and thought, “Yes, sadly, you...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Apr 3, 2019
There’s a lot of talking past each other right now. Listening, true listening, seems harder than ever. Add to that the polarizing results of General Conference 2019 and it’s a wonder United Methodists can hear each other at all. At a recent district event, six...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Mar 26, 2019
Satan offered Jesus power over all the kingdoms of the world. Tempting indeed for a person who was here to proclaim the Kingdom. Yet what Jesus meant by “kingdom” and what Satan meant were two entirely different things. Jesus had to have understood the difference....
