Handling encouragement in pastoral ministry

The swing of a pendulum can be a dangerous thing, correctives can oversteer away from one error and into another, … More

5 Pleas for Sung Worship

For many in my generation, worship style was war paint, a badge of one’s loyalty to the novel in public … More

The news is becoming horribly familiar – a pastor who has been used of God, who has even counselled and … More

As Christian ministers we are vulnerable to the twin temptations of activism and stoicism, of deploying our energies or cutting … More

Redefinition is definitely on-trend in our culture. Words, phrases, and concepts are generally fluid, and are often the tools of … More

One of the big benefits of thinking aloud is that others can hear you, can express appreciation, or offer gracious … More

A friend recently recounted a conversation with his precocious 10 year old. Their child had sustained an injury some years … More

Metrics really matter in our current moment in Western culture. By them we can measure the popularity of a movement, … More

I believe that the systematic expository preaching of Scripture is not the only means of teaching the gathered church, but … More

I want to think about sin, sinning, and my sense of self. So often my mental processing of sin is … More