Stephen Witmer writes about pastoring in smaller towns. The upper limit of your joy in ministry will never be the size of the place in which you minister, but the size of your heart for God. God spreads a banquet of delight before you in your small place, always more than enough, and he invites …
Ron Edmondson looks to his own experience and provides seven warnings for aspiring leaders. These are all ongoing to leadership life. There’s never a time when they don’t apply. From Edmondson’s post. What you “settle for” eventually becomes the culture. And, then it is much more difficult to change. In fact, you’re probably settling because …
All seven of these are helpful. Here’s a couple: Don’t take yourself too seriously. Ministry is serious business—the gospel, life and death ministry situations, leadership expectations, and all the rest. But the seriousness of our ministry should not lead to become coldly sober or overtly austere. Pastors should be accessible and authentic. Laughing at yourself …
Eric Geiger aims these points at younger leaders who have tasted affirmation or success early in life or ministry. They are applicable in every season of life, I think. 1. Skills can outpace sanctification. When a leader has been continually affirmed for his or her skills, the leader can obsess over development of those skills …
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