A couple months ago I sent a text to a fellow minister asking if he would be available to meet over lunch to discuss something pertaining to […]
Nearly all of the attention and encouragement given to pastors in conferences, podcasts, books, videos, or otherwise, is pointed to a stereotype of a younger pastor who […]
Many pastors are underpaid, not just for the specific kind of work they do, they flat aren’t paid enough! In that context, should I really bring up […]
A new idea gaining some traction in vocational ministry these days is purposely choosing to be a bi-vocational minister when making that choice isn’t necessary. I think […]
Most of us could count on one hand how many people we know who have said to us, “I want to be a minister of Gospel.” It’s […]
The general stereotype of the modern-day minister is radically false. The men who lead the 350,000 churches in America usually minister to a congregation that averages about […]
Some guys get loud — even downright rude — in trying to defend their common practice of looking to business leaders and business models to inform them […]
Social media is flooded every day with talk about “missional” this, and “missional” that, and a vibrant discussion about the vital need for discipleship has spread around […]
We talk (a LOT) about God giving us a vision, but then look at some of the things we do with it … … we tweak it […]
A common message we hear from Bible teachers is that God uses the least likely, most common among us to do some of the greatest things. There’s […]