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
Pastoring
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
Reflections on Mission Statements
The Spring 2007 issue of Ockenga Connections, put out by Gordon-Conwell Seminary, has a great article on churches and mission statements.
The article describes the problems with mission statements, and it suggests
When Ministry Becomes Idolatry
If you haven’t looked at the whole paradigm of sin as idolatry, then you really need to do so. It’s transformative stuff. All of a sudden you begin to see the