A Prayer for Justin Trudeau
Lord, you know what it’s like to lead. The rest of us can only imagine the cacophony of personalities and competing priorities, the stress and […]
Lord, you know what it’s like to lead. The rest of us can only imagine the cacophony of personalities and competing priorities, the stress and […]
It’s a rear-view mirror kind of week. The Christmas tree is about to go, and the New Year’s fireworks are on the verge. It makes […]
Einstein said that “curiosity has its own reason for existing.” As if wonder has its own self-propelling magnetism. Curiosity and questioning are daily menu items […]
After we said grace, Jack looked across the table at me and said: “You should know that I didn’t sign your call. I don’t believe that women should be ordained ministers.”
At first, this was supposed to be funny—with things like how I have no willpower against ketchup chips or how my wife often discovers me […]
This is a follow up to an earlier post 3 Reasons I Lose Focus in Ministry. When focus in ministry is lost, what can you […]
This post is not about keeping focus for an hour or two in order to get some solid sermon prep in. This post is about […]
Church signs can be fun. We’ve all got the email forwards with some doozies. Friend and colleague Mark Wolfe gave an excellent sermon I heard […]
What Does a Pastor Do Anyway? That’s a tough question sometimes. My denomination, like most, doesn’t answer it in a particularly straightforward way. But we […]
When your church isn’t growing it can be hard to be enthusiastic. When more people show up, we feel better about ourselves, we think we […]
The health and well-being of leaders is hugely important to the vitality of congregations but it is very rarely talked about. (Pause) A few months ago […]
This is a short and simple blog. Most of you know I’m a minister (or ‘pastor.’) The vocation involves a lot of things. Many joy-filled, […]
Just so you know, this is no theological paper! It’s more of a reflection on ministry. In his letter to the Ephesians (4:1 – 16), […]