Pastors

How Being Less Responsible Can Grow Responsibility in Others

The higher up an organization you look, the more responsibility you typically find. So, if taking responsibility is an element of successful leadership, giving responsibility is a leadership development opportunity.

Prayer Changes Everything, But Prayer Doesn’t Fix Everything

Prayer isn’t a magic formula that instantly and easily fixes everything.

An Open Letter to Pastors (Hint: You’ll Want to Read This One)

I write this letter to pastors with tears literally in my eyes. Charles Spurgeon once said, “Whenever God means to make a man great, He always breaks him in pieces first.”

On Being a Political Christian

Politics matter, and if you are a Christian, you should be politically active. But how should a Christian be political?

Take the Gratefulness Test to Find out How Grateful You Are

The Bible says a lot about gratefulness. Answer these six questions to rank how grateful you are.

4 Christmas Lessons From Joseph of Nazareth

We get the Christmas story from the scriptures. Good preaching highlights the fact that Christmas stories are also scripture Christmas lessons.

Will Your Church Meet on Christmas Day?

For some churches, it is a foregone conclusion that they will meet on Christmas Sunday. Nevertheless, others are open to thinking creatively about how to adjust their regular Sunday schedule in light of the holiday.

Knowing Your Child’s Current Niche and Why It Matters

What is each of your children’s current niche? Could you tell me? I bet you can. As parents, what matters to our kids ought to matter to us.