Articles for Pastors

True friends (lifelong friends) are hard to find, mostly because over time people change, as do we. But when shared values, shared life experiences, and shared seasons meet, we look over and discover there is a friend waiting with whom we can often link arms.

The pulpit does not make pastors infallible.

Just as Jesus loved the world by combatting evil in the world, his followers will do the same. Advancing the good includes “picking fights” with everything that threatens and diminishes the good.

I heard a news report about songbirds seemingly singing more loudly during these days of the COVID-19 threat. That story caught my attention because I’m a birdwatcher. I’m continually amazed by God’s creative power evident in the colorful feathers and melodic voices of birds.

"Often God speaks through those quiet moments, through other people, and through ordinary life’s circumstances."

To the often forgotten pastor’s wife, the woman often behind, but so faithfully beside, a man God has called to labor for Him. She deserves a level of appreciation and honor that is seldom expressed as is merited.

All this is to say that if your god is nothing more than a mere series of ethical codes, you’ve got Jesus all wrong. You haven’t just gotten Him a little wrong; you’re answering in a different language.

Jon Acuff encourages leaders to focus on the right question.