How do you know if you are called to ministry? The path of vocational ministry is a hard one. You shouldn’t jump in lightly. What if you find out that you aren’t cut out for it? What if you pursue the path of ministry and find that it’s not your calling? Questions like these make…
“I’m too busy.” How many times have you said that phrase in the last month? If you’re in ministry, I know this: You’re busy, and you need more time to rest. We all have 24 hours a day, but today those hours seem to go by faster than ever. Everything and everyone is fighting for…
How can I balance ministry and family? It’s a question that burns in the hearts of a lot of pastors and ministry workers. Until Jesus returns, the work of ministry is never finished. There’s always another person to reach and another sermon to preach. If you let it, your ministry will overtake all of your…
Let’s cut the fluff and get real for a moment. Being a pastor is incredibly difficult. The church is often guilty of only painting a picture of the wonderful blessings of being called to ministry—like it only gets better day after day. We somehow forget to talk about the suffering involved. Did we forget, or…
A new account on Instagram is causing quite a stir in the Christian community. But I think it’s raising some important issues that we need to talk about as the church. PreachersNSneakers is blowing up on Instagram right now. It started just a few weeks ago with zero followers and now has over 136,000 followers as…
Do you ever feel like your work is never done? There’s always more emails to write, more meetings to prepare for, more people to contact. There’s just so much stuff on your plate that you can never get it all done. If so, you’re normal. But today I want to give you a few productivity…
Being a pastor is such a demanding and challenging job that it’s normal to feel inadequate—like either God made a mistake and called the wrong person for the job or you made a mistake in thinking he called you. You are trying your best, but maybe you aren’t as “naturally gifted” as the pastors you idolize….
Have you ever felt unprepared? This year, my four-year-old son began his first season playing flag football. It didn’t go as expected. When we arrived for his first practice and scrimmage, we learned that our coach had a personal emergency and would not be able to help our team this year. Since I was the only…
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