“That man forgets himself”
Spurgeon recounts a story by Abbé Mullois in Lectures to My Students. It’s a great story for those of us who are tempted to think that God uses us when we are
pastoring
Messy Churches
One of the realities about churches is that they are messy. Even – especially – the good ones. I’ve always liked what Eugene Peterson said about pastoring:
Pastoral work consists of modest, daily, assigned
The Idolatry of Pastoring
Jack Miller to a pastor in conflict:
It’s hard for me to escape the conclusion that you are getting your identity from pastoring, and this identity is being substituted for a personal
Book Recommendation: The Doctrine of the Christian Life
Back in January I described my reading project for the year:
I’m going to try that this year with these books. I’ve figured that if I read 21 pages a day,
Overcoming My Biggest Mistakes in Ministry
I recently posted on some of my biggest mistakes in ministry, and promised I would follow up with what helped me overcome some of my mistakes.
There are two ways to describe what