Articles for Pastors

Understanding how guests transition along the spectrum from stranger to advocate for the church is important for us as we build our programs and processes.

Pastor Andrew Stoecklein was a pastor with a depression and anxiety problem. Before taking his own life, Stoecklein preached two powerful sermons on the battle he was intimately familiar with.

How’s my quiet time this week? If it’s not good, your sermon preparation could be happening in your own power. Your power won’t do much.

I wouldn't have noticed these things in a million years. By my church members certainly did!

What the church can do to help the pastor not feel like his or her job is "drudgery."

When you have concerns about a book, and disagree with it, shouldn’t you talk directly to the author rather than posting about it on your blog?

It’s really doing less to allow time and space to become more.

There’s an epidemic that runs rampant in our success-driven culture. It respects no person and strikes even in ministry settings. It’s called “burnout.” There are a number...