Becoming the Person God Created You to Be
Laurie Haller says that clergy going into a new church can only lead effectively when they are authentic to who they know they are and…
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Laurie Haller
Laurie Haller retired in 2022 as Bishop of the Iowa Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. She served local churches for 29 years and was a district superintendent before being elected a bishop in 2016. Her weekly essays from 2006 to 2022 are posted on her blog, Leading from the Heart. Her recent book is Wandering into Grace: A Journey of Discovery and Hope (Abingdon Press, 2020), available on Abingdon Press, Cokesbury and Amazon.
Learn from the Stupid Things You Do
It was a stupid thing to do. Returning to my hotel room at the end of the first day of a conference, I could not…