Articles for Pastors

I stepped into a crosswalk where, until just before it hit me, I didn’t see a bus coming. I still can’t unsee what I saw in that moment. I needed to go through the accident to understand what happens to victims of sexual abuse and how trauma works. I thought I had understood, but I did not.

In 1967, Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina, made history as the first Southern Baptist Church to ordain a woman—Addie Davis—to pastoral...

Conversations about and calls for racial justice are everywhere today.Instead of tuning out, I’m trying to cultivate some resilience in my life and leadership.

COVID at church? The lockdowns to combat COVID-19 interrupted nearly every aspect of American life. One of the most controversial aspects was the closure of churches. But as an analyst of religious data, I believe evidence shows a correlation between attending church and the spread of COVID-19.

I was recently asked to share my thoughts about Beth Moore and the future of the Southern Baptist Convention. Here are my observations as a Southern Baptist woman who is also a complementarian.

It is hard to imagine what it would be like to be singled out as the only person on earth for something. That is...

No one has ever modeled what a praying life ought to look like so much as our Lord Jesus Christ. He was constantly pulling away from the crowds and from His disciples to have His soul strengthened in communion with His Father.

Pastor Rick Warren has praised a pastoral letter discussing mental health and the church. The letter, titled, “Hope and Healing,” calls for an end to the stigma around mental illness and for greater collaboration between science and medical professionals and people of faith.