Make Your Dream A Reality With A Home Exchange

In 1988, we did a home exchange with a Norwegian pastor and his family. It was a dream come true—well almost. My wife, Diane, and I actually dreamed of doing a home exchange with someone in a country where everyone spoke English. Six months before our family headed to Norway, we were all learning the…

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Life Stewardship and Home Exchanges

Recently, during a conversation, I mentioned the idea of using a home exchange for sabbatical time “off ” and the person responded, “What about my things?” My jaw dropped.  “What about your things?” I thought.  This person is a pastor, nearing burnout, needing a sabbatical, and their main concern is for their “things”?  I guess…

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Best Job In The World – Being A Pastor

Parish ministry is still the best job in the world. But who believes this anymore?  And why should they? Attitudes about the church have changed so much that it was inevitable that young people look askance at the idea of a career as clergy-person.  Over the years, we have talked with so many clergy who…

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