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Dealing with Criticism as pastor/leader
The challenge is to stay balanced when criticized, to avoid taking the criticism personally yet to avoid becoming calloused or cynical. We are called to a paradox of personalities: sensitive but not e… more →
Live the Uprising
How Do You Handle People Who Are Grieving
wrote 1 hour ago: One of the rules of thumb I can give is to match the level of relationship. In other words, if they … more →
The youth worke...
wrote 8 hours ago: The youth worker’s openness to the adolescent must be balanced with closedness. As Bonhoeffer says, … more →
Christian formation ... in fear and lies.
wrote 20 hours ago: Another southern preacher in Atlanta, writes about her experience dealing with an outcome of what I … more →
Dealing with Criticism as pastor/leader
wrote 2 days ago: The challenge is to stay balanced when criticized, to avoid taking the criticism personally yet to a … more →
Ten Years
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wrote 2 days ago: This past Sunday marked my tenth year at Central Baptist. I was thirty when I arrived with my wife, … more →
Walking on water and slaying giants
wrote 3 days ago: Over the last several years, I often come back to the Casting Crowns song Voice of Truth. For me it … more →
Ministers Are Standard-Bearers
wrote 3 days ago: Pastor, this is a challenging word to us all… “Your sermon on Sabbath lasts but an hour or two … more →
Session Two: Missional Preaching - Exegeting Culture to Preach to It (Alex Early)
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wrote 3 days ago: [These are Session 2 Notes from the Preach The Word 2013 Acts 29 West Regional Conference in Reno, N … more →
Why I Pastor Where I Am
wrote 3 days ago: One of my big mantras in ministry is pastor your city. Do not just pastor your church. LOVE your cit … more →
The Blessing...
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wrote 4 days ago: “The blessing of the Lord makes one rich and He adds no sorrow with it.” Proverbs10:22(NKJV). The bl … more →
How Do You Become a Pastor?
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wrote 4 days ago: We look for people who are faithful, accountable, teachable and actively & consistently serving … more →
ISN'T HE JUST THE CARPENTER'S SON?
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wrote 5 days ago: “isn’t he just the carpenter we know-Mary’s son…” (Mark 6:3) Over the … more →
What pastors wished they knew.
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wrote 1 week ago: Thom Rainer has an article on 10 things pastors wished they knew before they got into a pastorate. … more →
Then There Were Two
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wrote 1 week ago: Niki told me that on the drive to school, Button asked him, “Daddy, when we are in the car wit … more →
Sermons Full of Mere Words
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wrote 1 week ago: A sermon full of mere words, how neatly soever it be composed, while it wants the light of evidence, … more →
Who is the pastor?
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wrote 1 week ago: I find myself torn between two or three ideas about what it means to be a pastor. John Wesley … more →
Book Review on Pastoral Endurance
wrote 1 week ago: Mark Stevens has a review on books concerning pastoral burnout and endurance. HERE. Brian Fulthorp g … more →
My Husband is a HERO
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wrote 1 week ago: I was talking to my mom, catching her up on the day. Window open to let fresh air in the room before … more →
Ordination
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wrote 1 week ago: On Wednesday evening the Assemblies of God officially conferred upon me the designation of ordained. … more →
