pastoring
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Avoiding the Bureaucratic Death Spiral | What’s Best Next
Matt Perman pulled a great quote from a book that I love, Good to Great by Jim Collins, over at What’s Best Next. The basic gist (for those who won’t read below), is that bureaucracy kills…
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Discipleship and Ministry | Part 2
For my initial thoughts on the challenges of remaining faithful to discipleship in the midst of ministry, go here. I’d like to expand a little more fully on my thoughts from the last post. In brief,…
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People Work and Task Work
I’m learning a lot this week about the similarities and differences of people work and task work. My role has been shifting into a managerial and oversight role over a significant number of people, and this…
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Tough Words | Repost Set 3
Below are some posts that were challenges me and people around me: Our messed up idea of calling – The Confusing Language of Calling Get up and do something – Passivity in the Church Pastoring in…
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Preaching | Gentrified
My good friend Logan Gentry has some excellent thoughts on preaching, and asks some great questions. Below is a quote from the synthesis of his thoughts on what the point of preaching is: It seems to…
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Tough Questions
There is a huge difference between knowing an answer from scripture and applying it pastorally to peoples lives. The past few weeks, I have been wrestling with God’s word over the issue of remarriage, as I…
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Today Was a Great Day
Every once in awhile, you have an absolutely outstanding day, and God’s faithfulness is overwhelming. Today was one of them. Here’s the rundown: Donuts with my wife and son Sermon prep Meeting discussing future vision of…
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Pastoring a Wedding
I’ve really grown to enjoy the role of officiating weddings as a pastor. I’ve had the opportunity to perform a half-dozen weddings over the last year–some for old friends, some for new friends–and I am consistently…