What was anticipated to be "the Christian Century"certainly did not live up to that lofty expectation. To thecontrary, it has led us into a new century with moreuncertainties, questions, doubts, and anxieties than we evercould have imagined. Whatever happened to "Don'tworry, be happy"? Simply put: there are now many morereasons to worry than to be happy (however one defineshappiness). Stress, anxiety, apprehension, worry, fear -whatever else you want to add to the list - appear to bemajor ingredients in a life gone global. Our concerns are nolonger local, regional, or even national. The...
What was anticipated to be "the Christian Century"certainly did not live up to that lofty expectation. To thecontrary, it has led us into a new centur...
As the years increase, so does my gratitude and appreciation for the many congregations where I have been privileged to pitch my tent on my sojourn of faith and ministry. I only wish that the resources I have found through family systems, the Center for Congregational Health, and the Alban Institute had been mine to share with the earlier congregations. I am not the same person or minister I was when I first assumed pastoral responsibilities. However, this is always the way life - even the life of faith - works. We can only be who we are and where we are. I'm grateful I'm not still there....
As the years increase, so does my gratitude and appreciation for the many congregations where I have been privileged to pitch my tent on my sojourn of...
This book contains many reflections from my experiences with various congregations with whom I have worked over the past fifty-plus years. As the years have increased so has my appreciation for the significant contribution all of these congregations have made to my life and my ministry. I list all of them with gratitude and appreciation - perhaps especially for the difficult times that I often found a way to make more difficult. These times usually provided the opportunities for the most learning. Why is it we only recognize this after the fact? Well, such is life, but may it always be...
This book contains many reflections from my experiences with various congregations with whom I have worked over the past fifty-plus years. As the yea...
Those who have lived eight decades in this world often feel the need to write about their life experiences or life philosophies. If that person has lived a varied, experiential life and shows good spiritual fruit in that life, it might be wise of those who are coming after them to read and listen to them and thus, learn! Ron Higdon has lived such a life and has now written such a book.
So fix yourself a “hot cuppa,” pull up a chair, clean your reading glasses, and settle in for a chapter or two (or more!) and mark some nuggets of Higdon...
Those who have lived eight decades in this world often feel the need to write about their life experiences or life philosophies. If that p...
