A Pastor in Therapy

In February of this year I burned out. It was a surprising, disconcerting, and ultimately enlightening experience. The full account … More

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

It is something we may not like to acknowledge to ourselves and to others, but as Pastors we make mistakes … More

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

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 have lived in important places, times When great events were decided; who owned That half a rood of rock, … More