pastoring

When Pastors Fall

Ten suggestions: Don’t be surprised. We’re all vulnerable. Pastors are sinners like everyone else. Nobody is above falling. For the Fallen Pastor Step aside. You are not your ministry. When you

No Such Thing As Prominent Service

I’m not a Bob Dylan fan, although his album Modern Times served as the soundtrack for writing my thesis back in 2006. I am impressed, though, by his unreachability when awarded a

Show Them

When I graduated from seminary 25 years ago, I had no business pastoring a church. Yet that’s what I did. I had learned theology, and I had developed the beginnings of a

Not My Flock

“Shepherd the flock of God that is among you … And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.” (1 Peter 5:2-4) It’s both humbling and liberating