The Holy Spirit and ministry
From David Hansen’s book The Art of Pastoring:
The Holy Spirit carries out the will of God to build the church. This is the objective truth of the pastoral ministry: the church
pastoring
Self-dependence is our biggest blind spot
Jack Miller was a pastor of a small church and a professor at a seminary. When he was in his early 40s he became frustrated with ministry. Neither the church members nor the
Pastors, repentance, and humility
I’m really enjoying The Heart of a Servant Leader by Jack Miller. Lots of stuff that’s not the standard fare for pastors today, like this brutally honest quote about pastors, repentance,
The Heart of a Servant Leader
Jack Miller was a pastor on the verge of burnout. In 1970, while pastoring a small church in Pennsylvania and teaching practical theology at Westminster Seminary, he became so discouraged that he resigned
Missional within a traditional setting
I’ve now been at Richview for over nine (!) years. The people there are amazing, and I’ve learned tons in this time.
One of the tensions is that it is an established,