Posts by James Miller

Seminaries might have to begin ethical conversations about the promises they are making and the damage such promises are likely to render on the families of young pastors. If seminary is easy to enroll in, expensive, and offers no critical proof of tangible results, what is the value of seminary?

Most church conflict is a conflict over metaphors – images that capture the expectations that people have for the church. Good church leadership requires identifying, assessing, and sometimes replacing the metaphors that govern the vision of the church.