Articles for Pastors

Have You Fallen Into the “Passionate Preaching Trap”?

If a pastor isn’t careful, they will only preach on the things they find important. This can be good and bad.

Wanted: People to Lead Us in the Way of Wonder

In an age of disenchantment, a world in which people are starved by superficiality, we need writers and pastors and artists who can feed us with the wonder of existence.

God’s Metrics

God’s metrics are not our metrics. The way in which we seek to measure fruitfulness and faithfulness is often quite skewed.

Criticism: A Pastor’s All-Too-Common Companion

Paul has a lot to say about redemptive suffering in 2 Corinthians. That's encouraging because the criticism pastors experience has a lot to do with why being a pastor is one of the most stressful jobs there is.

Maximizing Your Purpose – Minimizing Your Pain

Millions will wake up this morning with no clear sense of purpose. Without a compelling “why” behind all of their “hows,” life is void of motivation and meaning. For the majority, days are spent going through the motions of a mundane life.

A Great 2-Word Coaching Tool

There is a slight difference between coaching and mentoring, and of course they overlap.

Six Reasons Churches Are Taking Too Long to Find a New Pastor

More and more churches are struggling because they are going longer periods of time without a pastor. Attendance often declines. Budget giving often declines. Morale often declines.

The Secret Christian Porn Crisis

In our years of working with couples, we’ve watched pornography devastate marriages. In fact, we’re convinced that there is no greater enemy of intimacy than pornography.