Articles for Pastors

Many churches and most denominations were born not of an intentional tactic to reach more people but as a reaction to a personal or doctrinal conflict.

My counsel to the chronically unemployed minister, no matter how strongly he/she wants to get back into church work, is to answer this question: What else does the Lord want you to do?

The challenges we face regarding diversity and reconciliation are not new, but for many people—like me—in the majority culture, they possess a new urgency.

Marriage is uniquely and sacredly designed to display God’s kingdom on earth. When marriages improve, nearly everything else improves as a result.

For reasons I don’t quite understand, some churches will forego the usual service on Easter Sunday and give the choir the entire hour for their program.

One way or another, every church is going to lose its pastor. Yet very few congregations are preparing for that.

As I look back over the many decades of my life, I can see two things very clearly: God’s goodness and my badness.

We want to be helpful to as many people as the Lord allows—but we also shouldn’t pursue a bigger platform than what the Lord has equipped us for.