Not cool
I attended a conference this week – more on that in a few weeks. One of the speakers was Earl Creps, author and pastor. Creps led the conference in a liturgy of confession: “I
pastoring
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
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