Ministry Resentment
Ministry can make you very angry. Perhaps more angry than any other profession. Maybe this is because of the strange and complex tangle of relationships associated with working at a…
9 Tips To Hear God’s Calling In Your Life
1. Look at the things you love and the things at which you excel. 2. Combine identity (who you are), vocation (what you do), and passion (what you love) 3….
What makes leadership Christian?
If you do a quick survey of the Second Testament material concerning church leadership, you’ll begin to notice some unfamiliar terms popping up. There’s very little about how to manage…
FILTERING FEEDBACK
I’ve gone down in flames many times while preaching, the worst of which involved a near-hallucination halfway through. It was a low crowd and I was a young man filling…
THINKING ABOUT THE CHURCH I SEE
I recently returned from the Hillsong Conference in NYC, where I heard one throwaway comment by Lead Pastor of Hillsong Global, Brian Houston—a man I have long admired. He referred…
5 WAYS TO PASTOR VOLUNTEERS
Over the years I’ve become expert at deciding what to do, but not necessarily how it should be done. It’s been a challenge for me, since the “how” is often…
Ministry is like lifeguarding
Ministry is like lifeguarding. It’s an old comparison, but an appropriate one. The recent shark attacks in North Carolina remind me that the job of the lifeguard is not to…
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