The Divine Crash

One of the things that I find to be absolutely astounding in full-time ministry is how many stupid comments people say to the pastor.  One woman today told me I had a “cushy” job.
Another person said I was only in it for the money and easy hours. One guy asked me “Do you have a [...]

For some reason I have ended up in conversations with people about what makes a sermon great and what makes them sink like a brick. Giving a sermon is very much like giving birth. It takes months of planning, building, creating, because deep inside of you is this thing that is alive and growing and [...]

2 Chronicles 20:12b says this “We don’t know what to do, and so we are looking to you for help.” (CEB)
This shows up at a time when Jehoshaphat is about to be attacked and everyone is looking to him to lead. Jehoshaphat calls a fast and goes to God and pleads with God to punish their enemies [...]

Last week I was at a retreat with other young clergy and the subject of priorities came up.  Since then several committee leaders within my congregation came to me very upset that my priorities were wrong because I was not a part of their committee and I was choosing to begin cell groups instead of [...]

Here I am at my church and I have been changing a few things and I have some new ideas for the future.  A pastor I kn
However, the alternative is to make changes immediately.  My vow to every church was that I would not change anything unless it needed to be changed because it was [...]

The picture you see of the T-Shirt is a shirt I bought a few weeks ago from www.Thinkgeek.com I love this shirt.  So comfortable and good quality.  Also, the molecule is of Caffeine and I love Caffeine so it is wonderful.  I wore this shirt the other day and all kind of people were asking me [...]

I like naps.  I could nap all the time for long periods of time.  Sometimes in the middle of the night I will nap for 6-8 hours straight.  Those are good nights.  Also, after church, I really like to nap.  Even today, I didn’t preach and I was still exhausted (which is why there [...]

Recently I have had reasons to call two major companies about problems with my service. Their name’s aren’t important. What is important is that I had horrible service. One company transferred me four times and the other three times all before telling me there was nothing they could do.
This got me [...]