Back when I was testing my call to pastoral ministry a phrase I kept encountering was ‘pastor’s heart’. I don’t hear it so much these days amid discussions about various skill sets which are considered desirable for pastors. Thabiti Anyabwile expresses the central necessity of a pastor’s heart in this post from his blog, in …

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David Murrow’s comments are focussed on men, but they are applicable more broadly. I don’t think projection screens are going anywhere, so there needs to be careful thought given to how songs are introduced and led in order that congregations will sing. Among Murrow’s observations, he doesn’t note the propensity for new worship songs to …

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