“Ministry for the Long Haul” is a series of conversations around clergy flourishing and personal/spiritual/vocational well-being.

I made an introductory presentation for the Horizon Texas Conference Board of Ordained Ministry residents that I shared in May 2025.

Here is a .pdf of that presentation

Ministry for the Long Haul Introduction.pdf

Here is a copy of the PowerPoint for those so inclined:

Ministry for the Long Haul intro.pptx

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🔑 Key Themes

  1. Vocational ministry provides challenges across significantly different task clusters.
    1. The skills and abilities in one area (i.e. emergency pastoral care) might not translate to other areas (finances, human resources, facilities management, etc.)

(more to be continued)