Articles for Pastors

Replacing a Long-Term Leader

Replacing a long-term leader is rarely easy. Especially, if you're the one replacing the person everyone is used to.

10 Common Pastoral Care Questions

Most pastors are amazing. I am honored to serve them, and my appreciation for pastors grows every day. For example, I recently conducted a social...

Lessons of Prayer—Both Positive and Negative

In Acts 12, we find an important scene of a persecuted church and a praying church. It was the persecution that precipitated the prayer—and what happens in this record of church history is vitally important regarding the practice of prayer within our local church today.

How to Pray According to Your Enneagram Personality

Part of the wisdom of the Enneagram is that it can give us some insight on prayer. If you know your Enneagram personality type, here's how you can use that information in your prayer life!

What Is Discernment?

True discernment means not only distinguishing the right from the wrong; it means distinguishing the primary from the secondary.

4 Reasons You Should Preach Through Zephaniah

If you preach Zephaniah to your congregation, what will they hear?

Spitting Fire: How Genre Influences Preaching James

I raised my son Joseph on a steady diet of Bob Dylan. I wasn’t too surprised, therefore, when Joseph became a fan of the...

Taught by a Woman

A woman’s insight, over and above her competency, intelligence and pedagogical skills, reinforces the value in her perspective on the scriptures.