Faithful Pastors Must Prioritise Their Marriages
Being a pastor is a strange occupation – we are expected not merely to do certain tasks for the church but also to be a certain kind of person. In ...
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When and How Pastor’s Should Say No
Focus in ministry demands that we inevitably must say no to some requests. But it's just so hard! I can think of many times someone has asked me ...
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Children’s Ministry is Far More than Babysitting
Sometime during my first week as a “pastor in training” of a small but growing church, the associate pastor approached me, holding a plastic ...
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Cultivating a Culture of Thankfulness
Seasons come and seasons go, but the time to be thankful is always at hand (1 Thessalonians 5:18). As we enter a time of year where celebrations, ...
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Leading in Hospitality this Christmas Season
An epidemic of loneliness The Christmas season is a time for celebrating God coming to Earth to redeem fallen mankind, but for many, it is a time ...
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Pastoring Gen Z, the Smart Phone Generation
Generation Z, born between 1996 and 2010, face challenges their parents and grandparents never knew. While they have the greatest access to computer ...
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How Do I Not Get Lost and Lonely in My Husband’s Ministry?
God created us for relationship, but that doesn’t mean it comes easily. For many reasons, a pastor’s wife can feel lost and lonely in her ...
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Pastors Must Advocate for Their Mental Health
Mental Health Awareness Month is a good reminder that you, pastor, need to advocate for your mental health in a community that will be supportive as ...
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Hope and Help for Anxious Pastors
Suffering puts Christ on display in ways that comfortable living cannot. Enduring pain in ministry makes Jesus shine brighter, which brings more ...
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Living as Sons of Issachar
“The man who is content to sit ignorantly by his own fireside, wrapped up in his own private affairs, and has no public eye for what is going on ...
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Shepherding Your PK Through Doubt
All my life, I’ve been a PK. That’s short for “Pastor’s Kid.” Anytime the church’s doors were open, we rolled up in our minivan, and we ...
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Motherhood Sorrows and the Pastor’s Family
Even a faithful, experienced pastor can struggle to know what to say or do when suffering touches his family. For the pastor seeking to lead his ...
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