pastoring

Good News for Anxious Pastors

I need to hear this message often. I especially need to hear it on a Monday morning. From Good News for Anxious Christians: 10 Practical Things You Don’t Have to Do : Every

Monday Pastoral Discouragement

There are a lot of pastors who are going to be discouraged today. For whatever reason, yesterday didn’t go well. Even if Sunday did go well, pastors often suffer from a post-adrenaline

Cedarly Pastors Retreat

One of the highlights of my sabbatical was the week we spent at Cedarly, a retreat center for pastors and spouses in Wisconsin. It’s a beautiful setting, and the hosts (Andy and

The Beauty of Ordinary Pastors and Churches

My latest column in Christian Week: I don’t envy them: the pastors with big names and book deals and conference circuits. Well, that’s not completely true. I do envy them. They

The True Statistics

I’m often tempted to measure success in ministry by what I can count. There’s a role for counting. Numbers do tell us something. But in terms of measuring what really matters,