These last couple of weeks before leave are like walking through a wind-tunnel. Into the wind, obviously. And with the conclusion of a series through Hebrews I’ve got a couple of morning preaches without the luxury of them being part of a series. This article on pastors as starving chefs resonates a fair bit at …
David Cook offers a suggestion about study leave that I’d never considered before. Go and study other pastors. (One of the blessings that I have is opportunities to travel and interact with other pastors from around Australia. Including David himself. Which is wonderful because I’m a bit off the beaten path. But there are plenty …
This month’s Preaching Matters video features William Taylor speaking about remedies for poor preaching. The poorest preaching is that which purports to be biblical but instead is really our own thoughts draped over a biblical text. It is doubly poor because it does not tell people the author’s purpose in writing the text, and then …
Denny Burk has a link to Time Online which gives the background behind these work habits that need to abandoned. And yes, I recognise that for a pastor some of these are guidelines more that enforceable standards. Do Not Answer Calls from Unrecognized Numbers Do Not Email First Thing in the Morning or Last Thing …
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