I’m currently overhauling my sermon preparation and presentation. It’s challenging on a number of levels, but folk have been very understanding and encouraging. As I don’t get around much I’ve found it helpful to watch videos of various preachers to see their presentation styles and figure out some basic principles to adapt in presentation. Simon …
Bryan Chapell writes about learning the skill of commendation and thanks: Learning the pastoral art of commendation is important for all Christian leaders who desire to form churches of spiritual support. It takes no special skill to see what is wrong with people, and to criticise them. But to see people robed in a righteousness …
Ron Edmondson lists ‘seven dangers of leading in isolation’: Moral failure Without accountability in place many people will make bad decisions, because no one appears to be looking. We are more susceptible to temptation when we are alone. Burnout We are made for community. There is an energy we gain from sharing life with other …
The conclusion of a helpful post about pastoral life and the vision thing by H.B. Charles: …a wise leader makes plans. Knowing what to do and knowing how to do it are not the same thing. Pastors must prayerfully develop a strategy for a fulfilling the Great Commission in the place, with the resources, and …
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