Pastoring Well in Your Life Stage
A good friend of mine and I recently each took new lead pastor positions within a few months of one another. A few weeks ago, we chatted on the phone about our experiences with our
A good friend of mine and I recently each took new lead pastor positions within a few months of one another. A few weeks ago, we chatted on the phone about our experiences with our
It’s been thirteen years since we planted a church with a plurality of pastors. Over those years our plurality has taken many different forms. In the beginning it looked like two co-pastors shepherding and leading a church
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 I am a highly emotional person who has battled anxiety and depression for most of the last two decades. As such, managing my emotions has been one of
I’m a pastor. Cut me and I bleed local church. Cut the church and I’m spoilin’ to protect her. As a pastor, even the threat of a cut can evoke a negative or reflexive
Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 In concert with my 25th anniversary of pastoral ministry is my 30th anniversary of marriage to Carolyn. Like pastoral ministry, marriage is a wonderful calling with seasons of
Part 1, Part 3, Part 4 I have five friends I call my “Pentaverate” (an homage to an early Mike Myers movie). These five guys are the ones I bare my soul to. While some
The following article was written by Jeff Robinson and was originally published on The Gospel Coalition. Every pastor has a general routine he follows each week in preparing to preach the Word of God
Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 I celebrate God’s goodness this year as I look back at a quarter of a century in pastoral ministry. When a pastor friend asked me how I did
I blinked back shock as I listened to an elder-candidate’s wife complain about the “sudden” absence of her husband from their home Sunday mornings. She had no idea he had to be to church earlier
Last year, I was given an opportunity to teach at a fishing camp in Alaska. As one who loves talking to people about Jesus and who grew up fishing, it was a great blessing. One
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