How D’You Reckon?An installment in an ongoing series on the emotional labor of leadership6d agoA response icon26d agoA response icon2
Never and AlwaysThe Emotional Labor of Assessing Where a Leader Has, or Doesn’t Have, AgencyJun 6A response icon1Jun 6A response icon1
Slippery or Bloody?The emotional labor required for leaders to choose between “accommodation” and “conflagration”May 30A response icon1May 30A response icon1
Emotional Labor’s Opposite: ScapegoatingAn installment in an ongoing series on emotional labor and ministryMay 23A response icon1May 23A response icon1
Meaning-Making in Disorienting TimesIn Big Questions, Worthy Dreams (The Fortress Press, 2000, 2019), public intellectual Sharon Daloz Parks defines faith as the medium…May 16A response icon1May 16A response icon1
Holding the Space: The Emotional Labor of SolemnizationA second installment in a series on the emotional labor of ministerial leadership.May 9A response icon1May 9A response icon1
Pray for Those Who Persecute YouThe first of a series on the emotional labor of ministerial leadershipMay 2A response icon3May 2A response icon3
Lessons from the Erstwhile UntouchablesThe school I serve, Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School, came into existence for the purpose of providing churches with a…Apr 25Apr 25
Bent Out of ShapeI could hear a raised voice from halfway across the store as I made my way to the checkout counter. The voice was sharp and shrill, but I…Apr 18A response icon1Apr 18A response icon1
Transformational RelationshipsThis evening I participated in celebrating the bicentennial of Newton Theological Institution, one of the predecessor seminaries to the one…Apr 11Apr 11
