Articles for Pastors

My first Sunday back after quarantine, I sat in a daze on the pew in my Central Asian church. The IKEA Christmas star still hung suspended from the ceiling above the baptismal in the corner.

A local church is a lot like wagon trains. We’re slow and bumbling on the trip. Someone is always getting lost and something is always breaking. We’re constantly having to stop so someone can rest or get over an injury or illness.

Three down-to-earth reminders every pastor should keep before the congregation.

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."

We know that when we blow it, that we are to go to Christ in repentance for the forgiveness of sin. What we need in this moment is atonement and then justification.

Speaking of the church I’m a part of, Embrace, my bride, she’s beautiful. I’ve been with her for more than 11 years now (Embrace started in September 2006), and through this time I’ve seen the good, bad and ugly in her. I’ve been blessed and also hurt by her.

Thom Schultz: There’s nothing heretical about striving for improvement in how we go about ministry.

The Pilgrims should be remembered four-hundred years hence for their Christian dedication, virtue, persistence, work ethic, and commitment to covenantally govern themselves.