Articles for Pastors

Here is my list of 21 things I want to thank pastors for doing during COVID.

Reaching new people is the vision of leadership; shepherding people is the soul of leadership. Both are essential. It’s easy to get focused on one or the other, but both are vital to the expression of a healthy church.

What is hell, and what makes hell hell? For at least three reasons, this sad and ominous reality should produce both grief and motivation.

One of the effects of the past year is an unprecedented number of ministers saying they are considering quitting vocational ministry.

Effective preaching is more than just about what you say. It’s also about how you say it, and not every preach knows how to deliver a sermon.

I’ve been peppered in recent weeks with questions about summer church services and how to address the summer slump in attendance. Here are some ideas:

These tidbits ministers teach may have a sliver of truth in them, but a sliver of truth in a full slice of falsehood is really teaching something that is not reliable.

I watched Willow Creek move on without seeking true, redemptive healing. The story about Bill Hybels quieted, but emotions lurked and simmered at the surface always.