Pastors

Why Following God’s Will Isn’t Supposed to Be Easy

Being in God’s will doesn’t guarantee a tension-free job, a conflict-free marriage or a trouble-free life.

5 Ways You Can Innovate (Even in an Old Church)

Practical ways to lead your church through the sometimes-difficult process of innovation

How to Set Goals That Come to Pass

Awhile back, I started a new practice of goal setting. Because my life is completely intermixed with my walk with the Lord, my goals...

Congregations Don’t Want a Hero, They Want a Pastor

If you asked a few hundred church members from multiple churches what they want in a pastor, what do you think they’d say? You don’t have to wonder. Thom Rainer asked that question a while ago and published the top ten responses on his blog.

Your Captivating Call to Eternal Glory

For over a year, I have been unable to shake this thought. I am called to His eternal glory in Christ. What could this mean in our daily lives?

7 Warning Signs of Affairs for Pastors

"And after dozens, perhaps a few hundred, of these conversations, I see patterns."

Bodies Matter, She Says

Bodies matter. I often wonder if Christians would truly concur with this statement. I know we believe spiritual lives matter but what about embodied lives, flesh-and-blood lives?

Five Lessons I Learned from a Covid-19 Spike at Our Church

For the first three months of the Covid-19 outbreak, our church family of about 1,500 only experienced a handful of coronavirus cases. As far as we know, none of those cases were spread at one of our events. Two weeks ago, that all changed with a Covid-19 spike.