A colleague of mine at Good Shepherd recently summarized a ministry dilemma in two words:  presence vs. process. My friend correctly observed that I place an extraordinarily high value on the ministry of presence -- that I personally want to be there in ways that a) help newcomers feel welcome in the church; and b) Read the full article...

You've probably had this experience: you're driving down the road and a song comes on either the radio or you iPod and you realize, "Oh, I haven't heard that song in forever and I forgot how much I like it."   It's a song you forgot you liked.   With that in mind, I have Read the full article...

If you come to this space regularly, you'll notice that www.talbotdavis.blogspot.com has become wptemp.dev.tribaldawn.com and the design of the page has been considerably modernized. Why? Well, I'd had the previous design uninterrupted since 2008 and with the upcoming release of Head Scratchers, The Storm Before The Calm, and The Shadow Of A Doubt, I felt Read the full article...

If you’ve read this space before, you know that I have made confessions like: I’m better at leading the congregation than I am at leading the staff; orI’m a disciplined person but not a very disciplined leader; orI’m better at dealing with one or with 2,000 than I am with 12. To a certain extent Read the full article…