June 12, 2009
What is Project Rising Sun?
Three years ago, a few colleagues and I began to wrestle with these questions. That wrestling has become a signature pastoral leadership development program for young clergy, Project Rising Sun (PRS).
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July 20, 2009
Thank you, Dr. Vivian, and….
The stuff of legend – that’s how one young person described C.T. Vivian after meeting him at a Sunday morning gathering, having heard him recount his experience on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. We can never say thank you enough for his courage, his fortitude, his unwavering commitment and his seemingly endless energy. Like so many of his generation, Rev. Vivian has been the kind of transformative leader that our world so dearly needs. And I want to let him – and everyone else know – we’re with you Dr. Vivian.
This past weekend, the Atlanta Journal Constitution ran a story about the work of Dr. Vivian and his continuing efforts to inspire the next generation of pastoral leaders for the African American church. He continues to strive through his C.T. Vivian Leadership Institute to notice, name and nurture leaders for society with the kind of vision and values that will not only honor the work of the first generation of civil rights leaders but will also imagine the needs for the next generation, that will not simply rest because we have come so far, that will empower the kind of collaboration necessary to sustain the fight against injustice.
We know these efforts as well through our work at FTE.
June 12, 2009
The Leadership Ecosystem
It started as a simple project. I wanted to build a raised garden bed and try my hand at organic vegetable gardening. Within a short span of time one bed grew to seven; vegetables grew to include herbs, three types of berries, grapes, flowers and apple trees.
May 23, 2009
My Six Word Memoir: “Became Better Pastor by Becoming Me”
We exist in a culture that hawks self-improvement incessantly. There is never a dearth of folks promising to make you better. He promises a smaller waist and firmer pectorals in 90 days. She promises that implementing the strategies in her book will improve your credit score by 100 points. They promise that in 90 days you’ll become closer to God and your purpose in life will emerge from the foggy recesses of your soul.
April 15, 2009
10 Attributes of An Excellent Minister
What distinguishes a minister who carries out her/ his call with excellence? FTE conducted four consultations around this question with ministers across the country. The results were published in Faithful to the Call: Reflections on Excellence in Ministry
Here's a synopsis of what they said:
1. Excellent ministers believe what they are proclaiming.
"They embrace their faith as a living, breathing thing, and they share that faith with others by pointing to the scriptures and the life of the worshipping community."
2. Excellent ministers love their communities.
"Whether introverted or extroverted, gregarious or reserved, a good minister thoroughly grounds himself or herself in the life of the congregation."
3. Excellent ministers display agility, flexibility and grace under pressure.
"Excellent ministers are agile ministers. They move fluidly across a range of responsibilities, from the sublime to the everyday and the tedious."
April 08, 2009
Race, Gender and the Politics of the Call to Ministry
Here, a group of young women at Spelman College's Sister's Center for WISDOM share powerful testimony of the ways in which the issues of race and gender have affected their responses to God's call on their lives. The second person to speak is Meredith Coleman Tobias, a 2007 FTE Ministry Fellow from Yale Divinity School.
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