Dear Pastor, Here is the difficult news: you will always have someone who thinks you should be doing something different than you are.  Don’t worry about that. You don’t live or minister to make them happy. You aren’t seeking their approval. You won’t stand before them on judgment day. There is something that is commonContinue reading "When they don’t approve"

Dear pastor, What do you do when you are discouraged? Aimless? Lifeless?What do you do when you are tired? Stressed? Feeling like you just don’t have any strength left?What do you do when you just don’t know what to do? My guess is that you have asked these questions a few times in your life.Continue reading "So many tough questions"

I want to be like certain people I have met or watched over the years. I want to be like Fred Rogers. I want to be like the fictional character Father Brown. I want to be like my Uncle Warren. What each of these men have in common is a gentleness and compassion and whatContinue reading "Seeking to be a God-honoring, faithful and effective pastor"

Dear Pastor,  I imagine that if there were a book of all the greatest prophets, pastors and missionaries since time began, it would be far lengthier than any of us could imagine and I believe there is a great likelihood that your name would be recorded therein. In fact, there is likely only one wayContinue reading "The best pastors ever"