Pastors

Joe McKeever: I Love These 10 Great Passages From the Word of God

I do love the Word of God. And I love how those well-known familiar passages keep yielding insights and blessings. Here are a few thoughts on 10 passages from the Word of God I dearly love.

10 Insights on How to Recover From Burnout

Twelve years after my burnout, I have never felt better, never felt more alive, and never been more productive in my life. There is recovery from burnout!

God Is as Just and Holy as He Is Loving

Yes, God is love, but it is not His only attribute, nor is it always His defining attribute.

4 Types of Itching Ears and What Pastors Are Charged to Do

According to the apostle Paul, people will find teachers to tell them what their itching ears want to hear rather than what the Scripture teaches. Here are four types of itching ears that seem to be common.

Helping Kids Deal With Sorrow and Death

One of the more difficult things I have had to do in my years of pastoral ministry is talk with kids about death. Explaining death and sorrow to kids has a profound influence on kids and a refining influence on us.

How Faith Makes You Whole

Among most Christians today, there are two competing interpretations about how faith makes you whole.

First Impressions Conference: Keep Visitors Coming Back

The free, online First Impressions Conference will be held Nov. 2-4 and features speakers including Bob Goff, Jeff Henderson, Dr. Derwin Gray, Brian Tome, Nona Jones, and many others.

4 Reasons You Should Be a Kids Ministry Volunteer

Last weekend I was not scheduled to teach in our adult services at Mariners Church so I volunteered to teach Sunday morning in our kids ministry. I am so thankful for those who serve in kids ministry each week.