Articles for Pastors

There are many forms of online shaming: The angry blog, the critical tweet, the vicious comment on Facebook. Whatever the method—people try to hurt people. Sometimes the shaming escalates into a mob.

There is no place for balance between family and ministry. If you neglect your family for the church, then you are an example to neither. If you lose one, you lose the other.

When we get a bad taste in our mouth for accountability, many of us don’t go back again to try it out.

The past four months my youngest daughter raised guinea fowl from keets to young adults. Over this time, we enjoyed learning about them, seeing...

God’s blessing is primarily about who he is and secondarily about what he does or gives. God’s blessing arises out of his gracious character which then extends to his merciful dealings with humanity.

Most churches across the US (which are open) are running anywhere from 40-60% of the Sunday AM gathering attendance that they were six months ago. We’ve been gutted. If I were not a pastor, would I be attending an in-person service on Sunday AM? Why would I come?

One of the most disconcerting feelings we pastors experience is when we prepare a sermon and pour our heart into it, yet we preach to see somebody tuning us out. What can we do to help people pay more attention to our sermons?

The way to incorporate healthy habits into your ministry isn’t switching pizza for tilapia. While you do need to look at the food you offer on retreats and at programs, it’s essential to talk about it.