Preaching About the Gospel Calvinist Picard·November 11, 2022Imagine the congregation filing into the sanctuary after navigating the minefield of the week. Mines of shame, regret,...
Why I Value Brokenness Bob Hostetler·November 3, 2022Like anyone who has been a pastor, there were times throughout my thirty-plus years of pastoral ministry when...
Balancing Ministry and Family Bob Hostetler·August 15, 2022It’s one of the most frequent questions I field, and it’s always asked so sincerely, even desperately: “How...
Lovely Sermon, Pastor! John I. Snyder·July 22, 2022I heard the story (I’m told it’s apocryphal) of a young pastor who, just out of seminary, was...
Weeping for Spurgeon: A Time of Unrelenting Misery and Darkness Jeremy Lundmark·October 19, 2021Why “weeping for Spurgeon?” Charles Haddon Spurgeon was, and still remains, a very influential preacher, theologian, and pastor...
“So, What’s It Really like to Be a Pastor?” Dave Gipson·April 26, 2021This past year, pastors have resigned and left the ministry at historically high rates. Depression and even suicide...
Rainmaker: Come Work Your Magic Calvinist Picard·December 15, 2020I was recently listening to the new Bruce Springsteen album and heard a song that hit me like...
Pastor’s Rage: Abuse Ignored or Reinterpreted Away John I. Snyder·October 4, 2020Average parishioners would be disappointed, even scandalized, to discover that their spiritual leader could ever experience rage. For...
Abducted by Aliens: Where Have All the Pastors Gone? Dave Gipson·October 30, 2019“And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard...
The Pastor Is Not Your CEO: What Questions Should Pastor Search Teams Ask? Jimmy Proulx·October 21, 2019There is a saying, especially if you are an entrepreneur, that goes like this: “Grab life by the...
Grade Your Pastor: Numbers are Just Numbers John Mallonee·September 28, 2019If we focus on, and are only worried about, numbers in the seats, what compromises will we entertain...
Take Your Mask Off: We Need to Be Real John Mallonee·September 15, 2019Recently, we received word that another young pastor took his life. While many are critical whenever this happens...
