Synod 2015 -Having the Conversation You Don’t Want to Have

Leaders are often required to have hard conversations requiring spiritual courage, emotional steadiness, and loving wisdom. And often, the conversations are all the more difficult because they did not occur sooner. This workshop will offer tools for determining if, when, and how to have these conversations.  

The Rev. Mary Maggard Hays is Canon to the Ordinary in the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh and Visiting Professor of Pastoral Theology at Trinity School for Ministry. In 2015, she also began serving as a part-time consultant for DOMA, primarily coaching clergy in crisis or transition. In each of these roles she has focused on the intersection of Christian formation and leadership.