pastoring

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

Phones and ministry

I want to back down a little from my previous post. The phone isn’t really the problem. The problem runs much deeper. Relationships are the key to effective ministry, and that is

*$%#* phone

I have a love-hate relationship with my office phone. That’s not true. I hate it. Somebody somewhere has flipped a switch, and I’m getting more calls than ever. It’s

Advice for leaders

From Ron Martoia: Be real, be deep, get curious about the new thing God might do, listen, and ask great questions, be a life long learner, let spiritual formation be your main event,

Preaching is humbling

Charlene asked me today if I had any feedback on my sermon. I groaned. It was one of those Sundays that my brain wasn’t quite working as well as I had hoped.