Trevin Wax picks up the biblical analogy of the Bible as a sword, and reflects on one difference between the Word of God and a weapon: Pastors must first have the sword of God’s word impact their own souls before they use it to help others. He finishes with a three-part challenge for pastors: 1. …
After a day where I did not feel like a successful pastor these words from Zack Eswine have been both encouraging and reproving. How to Achieve Pastoral Success Pastoral success would be doing the work that a pastor is actually supposed to do: pray, open God’s Word, be present with people, show his love to …
Erik Raymond writes about how pastors (and others) can go from complaint to contentment without your circumstances actually changing: From the post. Our Temptation We are often tempted to find contentment in our circumstances: If things were only going better, then I would be happy. I’d be content if the church was growing, people were …
Turns out the answer wasn’t 53. Or even 54. All Thom Rainer gave me was these ten diagnostic questions: Are you physically and emotionally able to continue to lead at a high level? If not, you probably should retire. Are you still highly motivated in your place of leadership? If you don’t wake up each …
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