Articles for Pastors

How strange it is to discover "the Lord is my peace" in an Old Testament book like Judges.

In short, small churches are not a problem to be fixed, a virtue to be praised or an excuse to do shoddy work. But we are normal. Small churches are still the way most people choose to worship, learn and minister.

A brief telling of how those afflicted saints, young and old, are made to FEEL some of the worst of what a fallen world throws at people, but without FEARING the future because of the perfect love that holds them. I hope that their stories and perspectives offer you similar hope as they do to me.

So when Jesus says I am statements, we should pay close attention. He’s pulling back the curtain on his glorious character. He’s telling us something profoundly important – something we don’t want to miss.

Are you struggling to make time to read? Here are some tips and tricks to help build reading into your regular rhythms.

Is joy an emotion? When we limit joy to a feeling, we devalue it. When we think of it as solely emotional, we rob ourselves of the full experience of joy.

No one experiences the success of leadership without also knowing leadership pain. It’s up to each individual leader if they will press through the pain and grow or quit leading. The principle is that strong.

You are not a good leader if you never tell people you are sorry. There are a myriad of issues in the heart of a leader who never apologizes. If you never apologize, at least one of the following is also true.