Articles for Pastors

We pastors fail. And especially this pastor, bear not only the trials and transgressions of our congregations, but also the trials and transgressions within ourselves. We are walking contradictions, broken and frail, like partially blind beggars trying to help other people see clearly and feast fully.

Your purpose in life is to make the invisible presence of Jesus visible in the lives of others. You are the look on Christ’s face. You are the tone of his voice. You are the touch of his hands. You are the physical representation of his grace.

In the hands of the Adversary learning from sin is not possible, but in God's hands learning from sin is. This, too, is part of God's great redemption.

I stumbled upon something Gregory the Great wrote warning how vices often masquerade as virtues.* It made me pause and reflect. Here are some...

New Testament writers warn us again and again about the reality of spiritual attack. Based on years of my studying spiritual warfare, here are nine ways I’ve seen leaders allow themselves to be vulnerable to the enemy’s arrows:

You really shouldn’t allow your kids to read Harry Potter. You really shouldn’t go to that bar to eat wings. Oh I didn’t realize. How come? Because other people think it’s wrong. You might cause someone to stumble.

I believe extroverted pastors get the benefit of the doubt in leadership—more so than introverted pastors. Many have tackled the subject of how introverts can overcome weaknesses, but I haven’t noticed as much written about extroverted pastors.

It's not always easy to see signs of healing because it's so small and inconspicuous most days, but here are five sign of healing: