Why do so many pastors do it so tough? Because we have a peace-time mentality when we’re really at war. From Paul Tripp: Why do so many pastors report being over-burdened and over-stressed? Why do so many pastors report tension between family life and ministry life? Why does pastoral ministry often seem like more of …
Matt Perman (of Desiring God) has provided two posts which give links to his posts from Willow Creek’s Leadership Summit at his blog What’s Best Next. Names which feature include John Dickson, Bill Hybels (‘natch), Seth Godin and Henry Cloud among others. Some will be of interest, some not, but have a look. There are …
A recurring theme at mgpcpastor is trying to discourage the completely unhelpful fad of equating ‘worship’ with ‘singing’ (or the even worse habit of designating the fast songs ‘praise’ and the slow songs ‘worship’) and calling the song-leader in church the worship-leader or the worship-pastor. So this post at Catalystspace caught my eye. With tongue …
Holidays are over if you haven’t guessed. Speaking to a colleague (from another state) last week who was also returning from holidays he mentioned how it was like putting a weight back on. He was referring to the concern pastors have for the direction and unity of the congregation, the different spiritual states and struggles …
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