Consultants at Credence are thought leaders in the field of congregational health.
Our team of consultants regularly engages in writing, speaking, and discussing their experiences working with leaders. The below resources are designed to answer the questions of the leaders we work with to enhance the health, strength, and vitality of congregations and their leaders.
October 2025: Nurturing Communities of Belonging
Over the past several years, I have been invited to give several talks on the topic of...
September 2025: Myth-busting Congregational Renewal
When leaders tell members of their congregation that it’s time to do congregational renewal, visioning or strategic planning – three similar processes that go by different names – some people get excited….
July 2025: Are Better Meetings Possible?
Over the past several years Credence has received a significant increase in the number of requests for our workshop on how to lead meetings well…
May 2025: Leadership Burnout – Do Leaders Eat Last?
I was recently teaching a Leadership Coaching workshop where the participants and I...
April 2025: Collaborative Conversations & Consensus
Several times over the past few months, leaders of various...
March 2025: Small Acts of Kindness Make a Big Difference
There is a memory from many years ago that still, now and then, asserts itself to me....
February 2025: EDI in 2025
In 2020, after a black man, George Floyd, was murdered by a white police officer in the...
January 2025: Embracing Human Connection
How many of you may know the essay: “All I needed to know I learned in Kindergarten”?...
August 2024: Conflict, Trauma and Mental Health
First appeared in February 2023 Newsletter Trauma is a formidable foe: Its effects harm...
July 2024: Embracing Community and Belonging – Battling the Loneliness Epidemic
How many of you may know the essay: “All I needed to know I learned in Kindergarten”?...
January 2024: New Years’ Resolutions & Strategic Planning
I am writing this post just ahead of New Year’s Eve—when many of us think about making...
December 2023: Hope for a World in Despair
How do you find hope? Recently, a client was expressing distress over the state of the...