Articles for Pastors

3 Reasons Your Pastor Desperately Needs Prayer and Encouragement

"Your pastors probably aren’t going to tell you these things."

Don’t Change People – Love Them

I love seeing people changed by the love God. But regardless of how much God decides to use me, I alone cannot change people. This is God’s job, not mine.

My 7 Worst Pastoring Mistakes – Joe McKeever

Thom Rainer talked about seven pastoring mistakes he had made in his ministry. Give him credit, he admitted that if he wrote about all the mistakes he’d made in the Lord’s work, “it would have to be a multi-volume series!”

Why Churches Should Be Talking About the Environment

The reasons why some churches are disengaged with the environment conversation are numerous, and not difficult to guess. For starters, in the United States, environmental dialogue is often characterized as political or controversial.

Thoughts on Restoration for Fallen Pastors

While there are lots of articles out there on “fallen pastors,” I’ve been surprised to discover few deal with these questions in an in-depth way.

7 Sexual Lines No Pastor Should Ever Cross

Here are 7 boundaries for pastors to avoid being snared in lust traps.

5 Misconceptions About Pastors’ Wives

Misconceptions About Pastors' Wives - Although you and your husband are one flesh, you are not the same person. The way God made you is different than how he made your husband. God knew what he was doing in putting the two of you together. He doesn’t make mistakes.

I Believe in Prayer – Or Do I?

I believe in prayer--or do I? Maybe not. It's Simple. Because I don't pray. If I really believed in the kind of prayer Jesus spoke of, you would have to consistently pull me off my knees by my dreads. But I'm a pastor.