Now days, Pastors are often well trained, skilled in their work, and professionally credentialed. In such an environment, it is easy for Pastors to allow ministry to become overly professionalized and spiritually undernourished. A balance is needed between call and competency, between professionalism and character. Even the most highly trained Pastor must remain close to … [Read more…]
Look for a moment over the shoulders of the disciples as Jesus shows them how to be a Pastor. What do you see? Of course, a contemporary Pastor may never be able to give sight to the blind, raise someone like Lazarus from the dead, or heal someone like the crippled man who had been … [Read more…]
Everyone gains when a Pastor revitalizes his dreams. The Pastor gains. His family gains. His church gains. The community gains. Start by taking Jesus’ “everything” into your beat-up hopes. Dust off your unused opportunities with the life-giving words “All things are possible with God.” Then ask God to help you see your assignment as He … [Read more…]
Adequate spiritual self-care is a little-understood secret of a flourishing ministry. To adequately care for his own spiritual fitness, a Pastor must buck busy schedules, priority pressures, unreasonable expectations and secular values. It must be done. Like everyone else, Pastors should desire the best possible life: a Christ-directed living centered on our Lord’s teachings, energized … [Read more…]