Pastors

As leaders and pastors we should learn for our own experience with God, and be willing to forge new ways of leading the church.

Leadership is a complex subject that requires a lifetime of continued learning. It requires constant practice, learning from mistakes and the willingness to take risks. 

Disapproval and rejection can sting and wound. We’ve all felt it. What do we do when important people in our lives (or even those that we don’t deem important) reject us? How do we respond as did Jesus when he was rejected and scorned? In this post I unpack this painful thing called rejection.

Christians are particularly torn about the issue of immigration, because while they know they should be concerned about illegal immigration, they also acknowledge a responsibility to care for those who are wanting to come.

As Christians, we want to experience deeper intimacy with God. With the psalmist we say, “For me it is good to be near God” (Psalm 73:28). But we can seek that nearness in ways that don’t produce it.

Johnny Cash sang it in the song, "No Earthly Good": "You’re shinin’ your light, and shine it you should, / But you’re so heavenly minded you’re no earthly good."

It is a challenge to be a confident leader when the people you lead doubt your leadership, your ability, your vision, or your heart.

Christians sometimes pick what they want and leave the rest on the counter. Here are some dangers of that approach—dangers that might also signal if we’ve moved in this direction.