A while back, I was having lunch with a bright, young pastor. As he described his work as a pastor and church planter he said, “What I really don’t enjoy much is shepherding.” A shepherd who doesn’t enjoy shepherding?

How does the “fire go out” of our preaching and teaching? We lose our sense of expectation.

Many pastors are underpaid, not just for the specific kind of work they do, they aren’t paid enough! In that context, should I really bring up something that churches should ADD to a pastor’s compensation package?

Instead of listening to and learning from each sermon, the Sunday Morning Critic makes sure they let the pastor know after the service whether his sermon was (in their opinion) good, just okay, or not so good.

Life will likely not return to the old "normal" we experienced prior to the onset of the pandemic. And, truth be told, for most of us it shouldn’t. It certainly shouldn’t for much of Christ’s church.

Much attention given to pastors at conferences is pointed to a stereotype of a younger pastor. A person who is often overlooked is the more senior pastor who has been ministering with excellence for decades.

In any local church, you’re dealing with a conglomerate of unique individuals. To shepherd them is kind of like herding cats, just harder!

Nothing is more important to a pastor—personally and “professionally”—than their own communing with God. It is from their time and study in God’s Word, and their communing with God in prayer, that they serve from.