Articles for Pastors

I want to see how Jesus has changed lives. I scroll down my social media feed and I see churches with pictures of their concert-like settings, their graphics, and their trendy sermon series...but those don't appeal to me.

Some of the six leadership skills I’ve listed may seem like any leadership role would need them, but for the senior leader, these skills become non-negotiable.

You won’t find hurry sickness listed in any scientific journals or on the “health and activities” part of your weather app. But trust me, it’s everywhere, and it is killing people.

The key to prayer is a heart of dependence. Pray with the holy urgency of one who has a need that only Jesus can meet. These are the marks of effective prayer.

A quick read of USA Today can tell you what America's leaders are talking about.

Embrace your family while you have them. Raising children is a season. It won’t last forever.

I’ve been grateful ever since for this little foretaste of Heaven. In glory, we believe, people will be coming up thanking others for a witness, a prayer, a gift, a sermon, a word of counsel that made an eternity of difference.

When you're lied about, looked down upon, or doubted, the best advice you can follow is to allow time and the consistency of good choices to prove the lies are not true.