Articles for Pastors

How to “Make Time” for the People in Your Life

One of the greatest challenges of a leader is to make people decisions.

How to Handle Mean-Spirited Email

All pastors get hateful email. Most are easy to ignore and delete. But what do you do with the rest?

Followership: How to Be a Great Team Member

Everyone likes to think of themselves as leadership material. To be a follower is not glamorous.

Preaching With Integrity

The power in your preaching doesn’t come from your persuasive personality, but the power of God’s Word bathed in prayer.

3 Lessons I Learned From Burnout

Many pastors think they exist to help others in their needs, and through their work, rise above our own.

Jon Ritner on How Churches Can Thrive in a Post-Christian Context (Like Hollywood!)

A pastor shares the lessons he learned in trying to start a church in Hollywood.

10 Things Only Preachers Can Understand About Preaching

You might know that preaching sermons is a tough job. But few people know what preaching is really like. I write this post to help members understand preachers a little more—and, I trust, pray more for us.

How Long Should a Pastor Preach?

What is the ideal sermon length? As a preaching professor and a pastor, I’ve asked and been asked that question a hundred times. Today, after 35 years in ministry, I have a definitive answer.