Articles for Pastors

I recently sat down with two clinical psychologists, Dr. John Townsend and Dr. Buddy Mendez, to talk about mental health. They shared with me that “whatever level of stress, anxiety, or depression a person had before the pandemic has been greatly escalated by the pandemic.”

True friends (lifelong friends) are hard to find, mostly because over time people change, as do we. But when shared values, shared life experiences, and shared seasons meet, we look over and discover there is a friend waiting with whom we can often link arms.

The pulpit does not make pastors infallible.

“If you see the risen Christ as more precious than anything in the world, you are a walking miracle.”

Just as Jesus loved the world by combatting evil in the world, his followers will do the same. Advancing the good includes “picking fights” with everything that threatens and diminishes the good.

I heard a news report about songbirds seemingly singing more loudly during these days of the COVID-19 threat. That story caught my attention because I’m a birdwatcher. I’m continually amazed by God’s creative power evident in the colorful feathers and melodic voices of birds.

"Often God speaks through those quiet moments, through other people, and through ordinary life’s circumstances."

To the often forgotten pastor’s wife, the woman often behind, but so faithfully beside, a man God has called to labor for Him. She deserves a level of appreciation and honor that is seldom expressed as is merited.