Articles for Pastors

The Best Advice for a Pastor’s Wife

I am a follower of Christ first and a pastor’s wife second. Jesus told us all to love the Lord and love our neighbors, and I certainly shouldn’t expect to do anything less than that as I minister alongside my husband.

Good Pastors Know When to Pick a Fight But Prefer to Avoid Them

What all foolish controversies have in common is that the argument is less about truth and godliness and more about being hailed as a godly champion of truth.

Does Your Church Need Optimism or Hope?

Why is hope greater than simple positive thinking?

8 Steps to Successfully Communicate Your Church’s Mask Policy

Senior Pastor Crawford Lorrits’ Fellowship Bible Church’s re-opening service in Roswell, GA provided 8 great keys to communicating your church's mask policy.

Why I Procrastinate on Writing Sermons (and How I’m Trying to Fix It)

Sermon crafting is like having a baby—some come out with one push, others come out breach. Having a baby 48 times a year is tough.

Tech Can Teach Us To Disagree and Get Along

There is nothing inherently wrong with disagreeing, after all, God made us each unique, but we can disagree and get along. We can’t elevate every disagreement to the level of heresy.

Discernment Is a Gift of the Spirit, Gnosticism Isn’t

We can be thankful that folks are once again concerned with what is true. But at the same time I would argue that what is being promoted as discernment has actually more in common with Gnosticism than biblical discernment.

Financial Checks and Balances: 2 Security Lessons I Learned The Hard Way

I don’t want to minister in a church in which people don’t trust each other. And I refuse to work with leaders I can’t trust. But trusting each other doesn’t mean we shouldn’t put proper financial checks and balances in place.