This is an excerpt from my book 5 Ministry Killers that appeared in the spring, 2010, edition of Leadership Journal. ___ Pastor John was just finishing a long Sunday morning. With a weary “pastor’s grin” on his face, he chatted with those who lingered. He was tired, hungry, and ready to go home, when two

Recently our church held a service to celebrate what God had done over the past year. It was a great time of celebration, with a twist. On that day I brought a message that included something I’ve never done before. I publicly repented. Up to this point in my 30 years in full-time ministry, when

This week I’m posting a series of blogs about how pastors respond when people in their church compare their leadership and preaching to others or when they brag about another church by insinuating that we don’t measure up Yesterday I posted 5 ways we should respond when we feel compared to others more ‘successful’ than

Yesterday I began a series of blogs to unpack this issue: what should pastors do when people in our churches compare us to other more “successful” pastors. In that blog, I shared an email a pastor received from someone in his church who boasted about another super-successful pastor and his church. He was tempted to

I’ve hired several pastors and admin staff in my ministry of 30 plus years and I’ve made some great choices and some not so great ones as well. These mistakes have contributed to my poor selections. Not pursuing the yellow flags that nagged at the back of my mind. Refusing to REALLY ask other key

I’ve posted a few blogs about my journey using the iPad to preach (see related posts below). Thus far I’ve loved using it. I own the original iPad and I’m waiting to upgrade until next year’s version releases. Here’s my current sermon prep and delivery process. Write sermons on a Word doc on my Airbook.

I’m reading David Platt’s book, Radical, along with the guys in my two men’s groups. I just returned from a vacation to the beach. And, I’m feeling conflicted about the effects of my vacation on my spiritual and ministry life. A pastor I served under at two churches captured the biblical concept of rest in

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We have baptism coming up and include spontaneous baptisms as a part of our planned baptisms. To take the fear edge off, we produce a humorous video for those considering. Here’s our latest. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/20351065[/vimeo]