pastoring

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

Vanity link

My article in Preaching magazine is about to come out. Here’s a teaser (scroll down to the preview of the September-October issue): In “Confessions of a Sermon Thief,” Darryl Dash shares his

Pastors and courage

Andy Stanley from Preaching magazine: Speaking from my limited view I feel like so much of the problem with pastors is they are just scared to death. They’re scared of their people,

Three flawed assumptions

From Put On Your Own Oxygen Mask First: Most books I’ve read on ministry and leadership are based on three assumptions that lead to flawed conclusions: They make a distinction between the

Pastors and discouragement

A recent post sparked some comments on pastors and discouragement. Bene asked: If you don’t mind me asking, why is it that clergy more than most professions tend to take criticism and