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What Does Christian Retirement Look Like?

In today’s Aging and Spirituality series video, Dr. J Ellsworth Kalas shares with us what it means to be a Christian in retirement. Watch for a look inside the new Soul Care Collective, and click to find more resources.

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7 Ways to Welcome Your New Pastor

The beginning of the spring season brings with it the season when many pastors and their families are on the move to a new church in a new community. When a pastoral transition is handled well, the excitement will usually far exceed the anxiety. Read 7 ways churches can make transitions a good experience for the whole family.

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Wandering: A Reflection on the Appointment Season

With appointment season upon us in the United Methodist tradition, this is an exciting, scary, and trusting time in the life of our denomination. Molly Just, the current Director of Discipleship at Southwestern College, shares her reflections as she prepares to be commissioned as a provisional elder in the Great Plains Conference of the United Methodist Church.

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Anxious for Nothing, Part II: Anxiety and New Victory

I needed the one thing I did not have: space to respond to anxiety. Space to make order of the chaos. Space to rest in the midst of panic and fear. Space to see and hear what was pure and true about my life, about me. Space to know that the ground Jesus and I had walked once before was not lost. I was not anxious Ellen exposed for her true self. I was Ellen in a state of anxiety. My old victories were not undone. A new victory was mine just ahead.

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Why God Wants You to Remember the Hard Times Too

The invitation to remember the pain only for the sake of remembering is not the purpose. The purpose is to remember the Lord’s faithfulness amidst the pain. His consistency. His love—before, during, and after. It is for healing. And hope. And redemption.

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7 Ways to Make Your Worst Pastoral Move Ever

The season for pastoral moves is almost here, and while you’re packing boxes, painting walls, grousing about mortgage interest rates, and threatening to fire your realtor, you’re also getting ready to go to a new church where the people are obviously nicer, the building more problem-free, and the worship more heavenly. From pastoral transition expert, Bob Kaylor, here are seven keys to making your worst move ever.

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The New Pastor: Planning for Pastoral Transition

In the Wesleyan tradition, every Spring pastors begin getting calls about new pastoral appointments. It’s generally this time of year that leadership transitions are made and pastors move. This can be a difficult process full of excitement and anxiety. One pastors shares his story and suggests a short book that will help other pastors in transition make the move smoothly.

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