Articles for Pastors

The book of 1 Thessalonians inspires the church to endure the trials of persecution, hope for the future, and pursue everyday faithfulness. These themes are most certainly applicable to churches today.

"Those terrifying words occur in two gospels."

"It’s time for Christians to accept grace, complexity and the idea that we don’t know everything—and never will."

All of us who trust in the Lord will go through challenging and hard times. We live in a fallen world. We suffer ourselves at times. In all these kinds of struggles we can be tempted to fear or wonder if the Lord will help us.

So much of the church’s language toward single people implies that the only task they have is preparing for marriage. And that’s true, but not in the sense that most people think.

"The family that eats together stays together. But how?"

One of the benefits of aging is gaining a clear sense of what you wish you would have known when you were younger. It got me thinking along the same lines. So just for fun, here are five things, in five areas, I wish someone had told me.

I've never coached or consulted a church that told me they had too much money. That's why these 12 questions to bring clarity to church finances are helpful for every church.