The Divine Crash

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.

My average sermon is 22minutes.  I have once preached 35 minutes and my shortest is 8 but usually around 22 minutes.  I spend months preparing and I already have sermon series planned through June.  My goal is to preach the entire Bible before I retire.  I pray for each sermon that each person would [...]

Last night I was watching one of my favorite crime dramas, this episode involved a man on death row. In the moments before he was going to be executed and on the walk to the injection chamber there was a chaplain with him.   The entire time the chaplain was praying with him, reading the [...]

We have all seen these emails.  We have gotten them from well-meaning friends and relatives who don’t know any better.  They usually start with some cliché picture of Jesus like this one:
Then the email usually follows with something to the effect of “I love Jesus and if you love Jesus you will send this to [...]

A lot of times in all jobs people get burned out and tired of doing what they do.  Doctors get tired of being a doctor and lawyers get tired of being a lawyer.  Pastors and youth pastors get tired of what they do too.  Often, this happens because a person forgets why they started or they [...]