Love Big, Be Well is Winn Collier’s fictional account of rural ministry. Here he puts the question a country church puts to prospective pastors. Do they love a program, or people? At its best the answer is not either/or. Love for pastoring people is the engine, though. We’d like to know if you’re going to …
Erik Reed developed a six item list to remind himself of the importance of pastoral leadership. I’m conscious of building in preparation for those who will follow after me; and know that my role gets me a certain amount of trust and influence but only time and relationship will nurture deep trust and influence, so …
Eric Geiger writes about leadership as being a deeply humbling experience. If it’s not humbling, or if it ceases to be humbling it is no longer healthy leadership. Being a leader can be deeply sanctifying because humbling opportunities abound. The messiness of life gets in the way of the vision leaders articulate. Plans rarely go …
The hopes of pastoral life can spill over into frustration with God’s people, often because the pastor longs to see people experience the freedom Christ gives. But a focus on the wonder of what God is doing in the lives of his people brings perspective, joy, and hope. Glenna Marshall writes about an experience of …
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