pastoring

Pastors and sexual ethics

Pastors and Internet pornography: Four in ten pastors online have visited a pornographic Web site. And more than one-third have done so in the past year. Those statistics from our Leadership survey have

Funerals

It’s been a two-funeral couple of days. I had my week planned, but by Monday at noon my plan was thrown out the window. I’ve done nothing this week but prepare

Fresh starts

I was part of two fresh starts yesterday. In the morning, we introduced someone we’re hoping to bring on as a part-time pastor at Richview. It was exciting to see people meet

Reflections

I spent some time this week getting ready for the new ministry season. I usually like to do this earlier, but I’ve been away a lot this summer. Better late than never.

Sad day

In 1998, I left a church and moved to Richview. Within a couple of years, the old church called a pastor, a casual acquaintance of mine. Today, that pastor resigned due to an