Author Archives: Michael D Johnson

Dear Pastor, Have you ever felt like things were going nowhere fast in your ministry?  Perhaps you’ve looked at your recent accomplishments and felt like not much was really happening.  I want to tell you that the issue might just be the people.  Now, before you jump to conclusions, I don’t mean that it’s theContinueContinue reading “It’s the people”

Dear Pastor, Has the current world situation caused you to pause and ask yourself: “What exactly am I doing, anyway?” Let’s talk about what you are doing… You are representing the Holy God of the universe. Your words, actions, attitude and lifestyle are to be a reflection of Him. It might be easy to getContinueContinue reading “What are we doing?”

Dear pastor, your church needs you. What does the world needs from the church now? What does the church needs from the pastors now? Today, people (in the US and beyond) are living in a state of fear. They are panicking over the “what if’s” and what might happen to them and their loved onesContinueContinue reading “Dear Pastor, your church needs you”

Dear Pastor, As pastors, we don’t actually have that many tools for ministry. I would propose that there are 4 basic tools we’ve been given: The Word of God Listening Time Love/Compassion You and I don’t necessarily have a deep and full bag of tools for ministry. Instead, God has given us only a fewContinueContinue reading “The tools of ministry”