For most of you, I will not have to explain the meaning of the title, but for those of you who are a little slow, it has to do with respect nearing extinction, ...
Active Wrath
Whenever “divine wrath” is mentioned in religious conversation, we automatically think of Sodom and Gomorrah, the destruction of towns and village...
It’s funny how your childhood programs you for life.
As a kid, I was overweight and non-athletic. I grew up never really learning how to throw a football lik...
13 Ways to Sabotage Your Senior Pastor Search
Choosing a new Senior Pastor may be the most significant staffing decision a church ever has to make. Because o...
Over thirty years ago, I thought I knew a thing or two about leadership. Now I know that most of what I knew then was crap. I have failed as a leader far more t...
“Gentlemen, the church is your enemy.”
With these words an old German theologian opened his first lecture to the young seminarians sitting before him. He bot...
Speaking On Daddy's Authority
I had a really interesting interaction with my kids that reminded me of a powerful truth from Scripture. My son, Alexander, was...
Average parishioners would be disappointed, even scandalized, to discover that their spiritual leader could ever experience rage. For many, even raising the iss...
What does it take to be a successful minister? Pastors typically judge our effectiveness based upon the holy trinity of ministry success: budgets, baptisms, and...
I took a long bike ride today, up to the north side of my city, St Louis. What I was looking for probably never really existed, but I was determined to find it ...
Being a leader is challenging for me. It’s tough because, before I was a lead pastor, I worked for some pastors who were pretty bad leaders. And I don’t want to...
Recently, the former TLC show "Trading Spaces" was rebooted with the broadcasting of brand new episodes.
In the show, neighbors rehab one room of the other’s h...
