Pastors

So We’re Unmarried but Living Together—What’s the Big Deal?

Cohabitation is becoming more widely accepted as an alternative to marriage, the result that marriage is being delayed or disregarded altogether. Cohabitation is here to stay. How do we counsel those for whom living together is the expected norm?

Saddleback, the SBC, and the Truth about Egalitarians

While I can respect Rick Warren’s decision to challenge the SBC’s decision to disfellowship Saddleback, I would be remiss if I did not propose an alternative: join an egalitarian denomination instead.

5 Questions for Great Stage Communication

As a leader, you must have good communication, it may be to 30, 300, or 3,000, but there simply is no option. How effective you are is up to you.

Bodily Spirituality: Why Our Bodies Matter

It is through our bodies that we do God’s will in the world. Our bodies are very integral to our spirituality. Body and spirit are connected, integrated, and united. What happens to one affects the other.

7 Practices To Help Keep Your Aging Church Young

All churches become chronologically older every year, but why does an aging church remain young, vital, and more spiritually fruitful than others?

Remember Your True Citizenship, Love the Foreigner

Immigration isn’t a new issue in our country, and it likely isn’t going away any time soon. As believers, we can’t allow political arguments to prevent us from fulfilling our calling as Christ-followers.

Christian, Do Not Bypass Your Grief

Grief is an important aspect of the human experience and we should stop trying to simply move past it.

10 Secrets of Many Senior Pastors

Many pastors and ministry leaders carry several of the same kinds of secrets.