From Calvin Miller… People are unreasonable,illogical and self-centered.Love them anyway. If you do good, people willaccuse you of ulterior motives.Do good anyway. If you are successful, you winfalse friends and true enemies.Succeed anyway. The good you do todaywill be forgotten tomorrow.Do good anyway. Honesty and franknessmake you vulnerable.Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend […]
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Hallelujah Anyway, Anne Lamott, pp. 96-97 I’ve lived through times when a connected group of humans in grief and shock stayed together as things unscrolled, when a person was dying too young. Or after. What could we do? We showed up. When our best friends’ teenagers disappeared. When their fathers lost their minds. Or their […]
1. Financial stress. The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) commissioned a survey of 4,249 pastors, and found—in the words of NAE president Leith Anderson—“most pastors serve in small churches and face financial challenges stemming from student debt, low salaries, and family medical expenses.” Today, 90 percent of pastors feel financial stress in their family and […]
3 Awkward Moments at Church It’s been almost three months since I started church shopping. “Church shopping” sounds so consumeristic. How ’bout this: It’s been almost three months since I commenced a holy quest for a community where I can love, serve, and sacrifice. Much better. But church shopping—er, community questing—has opened my eyes to […]
Regardless of if we are called specifically to be church planters, all of us are called to be ABOUT church planting. | Daniel Im How to know if you’re called to plant a church. n addition to that list, there are a few other indicators that will give you a glimpse into whether or not […]
Six Things to Remember when you’re discouraged in pastoral ministry… It doesn’t take long into every new year for discouragement to make a visit to the pastor’s heart. The excitement and freshness is soon replaced with anxiety, discouragement, and weariness. Those are normal feelings, not abnormal. You’re not a bad leader or a bad pastor just because […]
My friend, Pastor Ron, told this joke to Pastor Dan and me. There was a pastor who left the ministry to become a bus driver. When asked why, he replied, “I wanted a job where the people were behind me.” Pastor Dan said, “I completely understand. I’d love to be a bus driver too. Then […]