The Pandemic Poem For Pastors
As a new pastor trying to make sense of the unexpected trials in ministry, I read Spiritual...
God’s Call To Humble Ourselves
God created all people with hearts that churn with desires. We aren’t merely thinking creatures who find our way forward by making...
The Call to Ministry and the Leadership Moment
This article was originally published on Desiring God. If I’m going to watch a movie, it’s got to have a hero in it. And not a...
Lay Elders Are Not the Shepherding JV Team
This article has also appeared on The Gospel Coalition. My leadership teeth were cut in a...
Pastoring People Through Slow Change
Pastoring people is a slow, long-haul process. As church planters and pastors in established churches, we are called to lead people who...
Pastor, Christ’s Resurrection Fuels Resilience!
It has been a long decade since March, hasn’t it? It feels like we’ve been caught in a state of suspended animation, except the one...
Whatever Gives You Joy in God: One Habit for Every Christian Leader
If you’re a leader and anything like me, joy is a reluctant resident within the soul....
Lift the Heavy Burden of Shame: How to Care for Parents of Prodigals
This post was originally featured on Desiring God. Prodigal kids: the gaping wound for many Christian parents. A child, whether adolescent...
Can I be Humbly Ambitious?
Christians are flammable. God created us to burn. Not like a match—bright and hot but quickly extinguished—but long and strong....
Persevering Beyond the Pandemic
The following sermon was preached for the Great Commission Collective....
