Articles for Pastors

7 Characteristics of Effective Change Agent Leaders

If you want to be in leadership, get comfortable with change. It’s part of the experience of every leader. The best leaders get accustomed to leading change.

10 Reasons We Don’t Let Go

"Jesus models for us a letting go of control, earthly power and reputation."

Performing a “Time Audit” of Your Life

"Our Spiritual Formations team has created a great tool to help us “audit” our most precious resource—our time."

3 Principles to Follow When You Preach a Memorial Service

A sermon for any person’s memorial service needs to be based upon a biblical foundation.

Preaching That Is Biblically and Politically Correct

"Christians in America are aliens and we’ve always been."

3 Reasons Most Time Management Attempts End Up Frustrating You

Never confuse being efficient with being effective.

6 Tough Things That Might Be on Your Pastor’s Mind Today

For pastors, though, Mondays can be days of heavy burden based on a weekend of ministry. Here are some things that might be on your pastor’s mind today:

10 Fiction Classics for Churches to Read and Discuss

Here are 10 fiction classics (nine novels and a play) selected from this list of 101 books, along with brief descriptions of why I believe that reading each one of these could be transformative.