My Overseed story is one of a simple monthly gathering that quietly grew into a community of friendships. Each month, a small group of pastors’ wives met at a church in downtown Boston—sometimes four of us, sometimes seven—coming from different congregations, neighborhoods, and ministry contexts across the city. Over time, the rhythm of being together…
A Pastor’s Relationship with Self
You are on a plane taxiing for takeoff; the flight attendant takes the microphone and makes the familiar announcement: “In…
A Pastor’s Relationship with his Wife: The Make-or-Break Relationship
In the introduction to his classic work A Handbook to Marriage, Theodore Bovet states, “Today for most people the man-woman…
A Pastor’s Relationship with God: How Is Your Soul?
The conversation would always begin with the same question; “How is your soul?” After we exchanged greetings and placed our…
Transitions Are His Specialty
Terry Shanahan has navigated many transitions during his career and he quickly smiles when he recounts God’s faithfulness through them…
A Pastor’s Relationship with the Church
We typically describe a pastor’s relationship to his people in leadership terms, such as shepherd or overseer, and rightly so,…
Conflict in the Church – Part 2 Managing Conflict
When I first experienced intense church conflict, it took me by surprise. I had never known anything like it in…
Conflict in the Church – Part 1: Minimizing Conflict
Conflict reared its ugly head during my tenth year as pastor of a mainline Congregational church. Prior to my arrival…
A Choice
Logan Saunders is not a New Englander by birth. It is a choice. Originally from Virginia, he and his wife…
A Different Outcome
Overseed coaches Mark Warren and Matt Furr are also lead pastors of two New Hampshire churches. Mark noted “Matt and…
Asking Questions Before Accepting a Call: Look Before You Leap
As I coach pastors around New England, I hear many stories about their naiveté during the interview process and what…
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