Preachers: Get Ready on Friday

For years now I’ve tried to discipline myself on Saturday nights so that I’m ready to preach on Sunday. This means avoiding certain activities, resting, and getting mentally prepared for the

It Takes Time

Karen Stiller (with Willard Metzger) has written a great new book called Going Missional: Conversations with 13 Canadian Churches Who Have Embraced Missional Life . I haven’t read the entire book yet, but

The Book I Loan Out the Most

I loan out a lot of books from my library, but I’ve noticed that there’s one that goes out more than most. It’s Unpacking Forgiveness: Biblical Answers for Complex Questions

The True Statistics

I’m often tempted to measure success in ministry by what I can count. There’s a role for counting. Numbers do tell us something. But in terms of measuring what really matters,