What I Really Want for Christmas is… Elliott and I have been married so long we no longer hint about what we want for Christmas. Early in our marriage we would play the hint...
The Praxis of Giving Thanks The Praxis of Giving Thanks In the October post, I wrote a piece to which I gave the title Appreciating and Understanding Your Pastor. Of...
Appreciating and Understanding Your Pastor For 45 years I’ve served the Lord Jesus in some form of pastoral ministry: Pastor, Associate Pastor, Transitional Pastor, and Interim...
A Pivotal Prayer Partnership, Part 4 How can a pastor – one called by God to shepherd His flock – lead like Jesus without investing himself wholeheartedly in the...
A Pivotal Prayer Partnership, Part 3 Partnerships have been an aspect of human relationships since the beginning. In a broad sense, partnerships are created for the mutual...
A Pivotal Prayer Partnership, Part 2 In last month’s article, I suggested that there is a vital partnership in ministry between pastors and the people they lead and serve...
A Pivotal Partnership, Part 1 I believe that in the New Testament church there exists – or should exist – a dynamic partnership in the Gospel Ministry. It is...
Will there ever be peace on earth? Part 5 Will There Ever Be Peace On Earth? Part 5 There’s an old saying of unknown origin that goes something like this: “Everybody wants to go...
Will There Every Be Peace on Earth? Part 4 The central question of these recent posts has been whether or not we will ever know the peace of God on earth. The answer we have in the...