pastoring

Quote of the day

“Think about being an unabashedly intellectual pastor. I can’t think of a city in North America that is oversupplied with those.” (John Stackhouse) via Bill Kinnon’s link blog

Ten Years at Richview Today

Ten years ago today I began as the new pastor at Richview Baptist Church. Those were the days Windows 98 was a big deal (just a week old at that point), overhead projectors

Best Book of the Year

Sometimes I get pretty excited by a book in the same way that I get excited about a movie that’s only worth watching once. Other times I keep returning to it over

Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor

I’ve long had a theory that the most effective pastors are ones we’ll never hear anything about. It’s hard to believe this in a day of celebrity pastors and megachurch

Serving Under the Gospel of Grace

One of the problems with Christian ministry is that everyone is incompetent. Nobody – pastor, elder, teacher, leader – can transform a life, never mind transform a whole community of people. I was thinking of