Articles for Pastors

When we know we're loved by God, we can trust he is with us through any difficulty that comes our way. Here are 5 ways pastors can help those in their care experience God's love. 

How should we honor Dr. Martin Luther King? Everyone reveres the prophet after he’s dead, but will we allow his message to reach us, again, today? 

Don’t be satisfied with the old wine of your traditions and risk refusing the new wine of Christ’s grace. If you are pertinaciously clinging to an inappropriate, legalistic tradition, there’s something you can do today: let it go!

The longer the social upheavals of our time rage on, the more likely the possibility of leadership fatigue.

God created us to be social, and if we’re honest, all of us care if people like us. So, how do we keep from withdrawing when we have to deal with someone who doesn’t like us?

There are lessons to be learned if you are ever to do this well, and most of them are learned the hard way.  When it comes to leading God's Church, your scars will attest to your education.

Advanced planning not only helped me when I was teaching and preaching, but it also helped other facets of my church.

That unexpected open door led to what we commonly call Paul’s first missionary journey (Acts 13:1-4). The world was permanently changed out of that prayer and fasting in that meeting when a new door.