pastoring

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

The day that was

I started out today by meeting with a senior who told me why she’s no longer attending Richview. (To her credit, she’s leaving very gracefully.) I then attended a funeral, where

I don’t want to be a Senior Pastor anymore

From Scott Williams: I’m tired of being the man. I’m tired of carrying the weight of the church on my shoulders; of feeling like the buck starts and stops with the

More than one is better

Matt Lortie, a Tyndale student, is speaking at Richview this week. Yesterday, we met at Starbucks and went over his sermon. It was fun. We tossed around ideas, and things came pretty easily