Faithfulness in Small Places
As a church planter, it’s hard to be that impressed with one’s ministry. Church plants are, by definition, humble things, and everything is still embryonic. I love the people in our
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Top Quotes from Sensing Jesus
If you are a pastor, I can’t recommend Sensing Jesus by Zack Eswine enough. It gets at the heart of my idolatries, which is why I need to read it regularly. It
Negative Preparation
"So, pastor, you had a tough experience at a church. Think of it as a graduate seminar in how not to do church. A course worth taking." (Ray Ortlund)
In his
Remarkable for Being Unremarkable
An editorial I read this week quipped that nobody reports on the planes that land safely every day. Point taken. In the same way, nobody ever reports on the pastors who labor in
Two Sets of Virtues
It occurred to me that there were two sets of virtues, the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues. The résumé virtues are the skills you bring to the marketplace. The eulogy virtues are