United Church of Pittsford

Adapted from Healthy Disclosure: Solving Communication Quandaries in Congregations
by Kibbie Simmons Ruth and Karen A. McClintock

copyright © 2007, the Alban Institute.

Of the several negative communication patterns congregations practice, three habits are particularly problematic: triangulation, pass-through communication, and anonymous feedback. While these three may be strategies for getting needs met, they all block rather than help healthy communication.

by Norman Lear

I consider myself deeply religious. I was born a Jew and I love my people and our culture. I could not be prouder of what, in our long history, we have brought to the world. But that is not what makes me religious.

"A PEEK INTO THE FISHBOWL"
by Debra Hegley

When the Pastor-Parish Relations Committee requested that I write a Dialogue article about life in a Pastor’s family, I found myself searching for something to say. I hope these thoughts will prove helpful.

New York Times
December 13, 2007
Holier Than They
by Judith Warner

For years, the left – and moderates – permitted the right to frame itself as the sole custodian of “family values” in the United States. It was only when vast numbers of American families woke up to the fact that they were not being valued at all – that, in fact, they were being fleeced – that non-conservatives shook themselves into a sentient state and began to talk about replacing empty words with substantive promises about health care, child care and college aid.