Playing It Safe?
For the past couple of years, I’ve been thinking a lot about Jesus’ famous parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30). It’s been one of those passages I can’t get
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The New Normal
One of the things I wrestled with as we considered the call to plant a church is that some things were going to have to change.
* We would have to be a lot
Living Into Focus
Arthur Boers is author of Living Into Focus: Choosing What Matters in an Age of Distraction. And he knows what it’s like to struggle with busyness. He’s written a book about
How Many Hours Should Pastors Work?
I’ve heard the advice many times: Pastors should work as many hours as the average person in the congregation, plus commute time, plus the number of hours that they serve or attend
Making Sense of Weakness
My latest column at ChristianWeek:
I spend so much time trying to be strong that I have a hard time making sense of what the Bible says about weakness.
“I was with you