The Divine Crash

Sometimes after doing ministry for awhile it becomes necessary to take a break and take a recharge.  So I am going on vacation. That also means I won’t be blogging for a little while. For the next week or so there won’t be any posts but when I return my batteries will be full and [...]

This week I did not preach.  We had a member of our congregation preach.  I believe that all people of the church can do all jobs of the church so there is no reason to stop someone else from preaching. My job is to enable them to follow their call.  How has your congregation enabled [...]

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 [...]

So here I am, sitting in my office and I wondering about this myth of full-time ministry.  I was always taught that ministry is doing things in the name of Jesus or working with those whom Jesus worked with.  Can I do that in a church?  Is that even possible inside the walls of a [...]

I have been unpacking my office for the last few days.  One of the things I began thinking about is what I want to have on my desk.  It appears to me that what goes on my desk matters.  And so what you see is not a staged picture but is what my desk looks [...]

50% of pastors end up divorced. 80% of pastors quit in the first five years of ministry. 40% of pastors have an affair. 70% of friends have no friends. 70% of pastors suffer from depression….this is my opinion of why.

The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come over you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the one who is to be born will be holy. He will be called God’s Son. Look, even in her old age, your relative Elizabeth has conceived a son. This woman who was labeled [...]

If you are a faithful reader of this site you know I am a United Methodist Pastor.  Right now I am in my second appointment but this is my first one that includes a house, called a parsonage.  Parsonage living is brand new for me.  I love what I do but this whole idea of [...]