Articles for Pastors

Not every pastor wants to quit all the time, but from time to time, discouragement sets in, and often it’s hard for pastors to find a safe, anonymous place to talk about it. I took an informal poll asking for the reasons pastors want to quit.

The beauty of mentoring-based discipleship is that it doesn’t just create smarter Christians. It raises up new mentors.

It's hard to embrace pain, even when that may be what God is calling you to do. I have to continually press into pain in life if I'm to lead well, because God uses pain.

As you look at your content for this Sunday, what’s your point of application? Are you more focused on WHAT or WHY? Take some time today to consider a better purpose for this Sunday. Why are you preaching?

Like a student who received a full ride to Harvard, we need to receive the grace of God for what it is: a calling to a new life, a life in which we join the family business (and work hard!).

Yes, I want to use technology in church but I also want to heed some cautions that wise men and women have articulated.

He may have been preaching well but not a single hand was raised. But he had no way of knowing this because he was on a video screen.

I believe all leaders, because of our fallen nature, have to deal with some or all of the following issues at times in our lives. But some power-hungry pastors have totally given in and live out these issues as a lifestyle of choice.