Articles for Pastors

There are a lot of things you can say to a preacher, but here are 59 things NOT to say to a preacher.

As pastors, it’s not enough for us to manage anger if we're an angry pastor. Recovery is possible. I’m living proof. Confessions of an Angry Man is my redemptive story.

Consistent Christian living consists of confessing sin consistently. So how do we get better at this distinctly Christian practice?

Over the past several years, I’ve paid more attention to reasons pastors—including some of my acquaintances and former students—have been fired.

Your role and your ministry are a gift from God. Ministry is not “altogether” because it is not God; it is beneath God. Ministry is a great gift, but a cruel god. When we make ministry our god, it asks more and more from us without ever satisfying us.

Eric Geiger plans sermon series and the general direction of sermons within a teaching series several months in advance, and here are four advantages.

I notice a trend to call services a celebration of life instead of a funeral. But I believe we’ve lost something, and that we would serve ourselves and others well if we recover the time-honored practice of holding funeral services.

When considering ageism, the church may be one of the worst offenders among organizations in our culture. It’s strange given the “respect your elders” mentality in many congregations.