Christian Living

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

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