The Pew Note

What Your Job Title Left Out
An open question for the comment section
Sep 6 • The Pew Note

August 2026

Don’t Dig Too Deep, Too Soon
On “going dark” and the friends who let you
Aug 31 • The Pew Note
The Ministry That Never Makes the Attendance Numbers
The closer I looked, the more I realized coffee hour was never about the cookies. It's about who decides to keep talking after the first one
Aug 23 • The Pew Note
Shield the Joyous
Why the prayer book asks to protect the happy, too
Aug 17 • The Pew Note
Listening Builds the Relationship That Leadership Needs
On the quiet act that turns listening into trust, and trust into leadership.
Aug 10 • The Pew Note

July 2026

Nobody's Counting
Three Sundays away from my own parish taught me what that lawn sign actually means.
Jul 26 • The Pew Note
Phew! I made it.
What church bells mean to me
Jul 20 • The Pew Note
The Vestry as Leadership School
Why saying yes to your parish might be the best leadership decision you make
Jul 12 • The Pew Note
The Quiet Saints in Every Congrgation
The ministry most of us walk right past
Jul 5 • The Pew Note

June 2026

Summer Church
Parish parking gets easier in July
Jun 28 • The Pew Note
When the Answer Is "no."
When ministry doesn't go the way you hoped
Jun 21 • The Pew Note
What the Prayer Book Actually Expects
I’ve been in enough vestry meetings, as a member and as a guest, to know how they usually start.
Jun 14 • The Pew Note
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