Before you preach your next sermon, take the time to answer these six questions.

Pastoral leadership is difficult. It’s a grind. It’s a joy. It’s a blessing. Some days, you fall asleep feeling refreshed. Others, you can’t sleep. All this comes with the role.

There are so many great pastoral tools that it may seem a little overwhelming, but I hope to break them down into some helpful categories and give you some thoughts on each one.

What do the sermon notes you preach from look like? Have you ever thought about it? The way you format your sermon notes will partly determine how much you look at them.

It’s interesting how many different ways different pastors prepare a sermon. Five different pastors share what a week of sermon prep looks like for them.

What will the church, specifically in North America, look like in 10 years? Future church prediction is risky business.

Listening to a Martin Luther King Jr. speech will teach you a lot about speaking and preaching.

There are many different ways you can start a sermon series well. One size does not fit all. But every sermon series has a unique attitude and approach that you’re going to want to consider when deciding how to start your next sermon series.