pastoring

We Are Very Well Compensated

From Turning Pro : There’s a well-known gunnery sergeant who, when his young Marines complain about their pay, explains that they get two salaries: A financial salary and a psychological salary. The Marine’

What’s Your Issue?

I’m struck by this list of twenty issues that Christian leaders face. It’s found in an excellent new book called Gospel Coach: Shepherding Leaders to Glorify God . 1. I’m really

Pastor: An Interview with Ken Davis

If you told me that there’s a pastor who has a strong, multi-cultural ministry in an at-risk part of town, who is theologically robust with a winsome, funny edge, I’d want

Review: The Measure of Our Success

Pastors have a problem. The problem is simple, according to Shawn Lovejoy: Somewhere along our ministry journey, things got tangled up in our hearts and heads. Our root problem is that we have

Stop Chasing Models and Start Chasing Jesus

From The Measure of Our Success: An Impassioned Plea to Pastors : If church history proves anything, it’s that the next church system or model will not fix the problems, the sin, and