pastoring

Monday Morning Encouragement

Pastors can always use encouragement on a Monday morning. If you’re a pastor (or even if you’re not), here are some truths that you might find encouraging today. * God promises to

Pray for Critics

I was smarting from some criticism recently when I reread this line by Spurgeon: Get a friend to tell you your faults, or better still, welcome an enemy who will watch you keenly

The Pastor Who Jogged While Mowing His Lawn

What would you say about a pastor who jogged while he mowed his lawn? He was so committed to ministry that he wanted to spend as little time as possible on non-ministry tasks.

Introverted and Extroverted Leaders

I really appreciated Thom Rainer’s post on introverted leadership last week. It’s an excellent post, but it’s only part of the story. If you read this post alone you might

Two Things Pastors Need

Every year around this time, a small group of graduates from a D.Min. program gather in Wisconsin for a week. We typically arrive on Monday night, and spend Tuesday to Friday working