I recently sat down with Chris Cravens for an interview.  Chris served as the pastor of Findlay Bible Methodist Church, in Findlay, OH...

If you’re like me, you’ve struggled to MAKE yourself do things.  Even things you know will help your situation… they’re still hard.  But...

Peter Drucker once said something about like this, “A prerequisite for a career in ministry should be a 6 week intensive course in saying...

I’ve been silent for quite some time on this blog.  It’s been quite a journey over the last 9 months, a journey mostly covered in...

A quick announcement before I start today:  If you haven’t taken my survey about your greatest frustrations and joys as a pastor, please...

If the stats are right, several pastors reading this are burned out and thinking of quitting… or at least wishing it could happen. The...

If you haven’t read Stephen Covey’s excellent book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” you’re missing out.  Out of the many...

There’s a powerful story in Mark Twain’s book, Huckleberry Finn.  Last year, I read this book to my children, and was so struck by this...

Surveys say that most pastors have felt like quitting in the past 12 months. If you feel like you’re about to crack wide open, drop in...

Pornography is big business in America.  Approximately $12 billion annually is spent on pornography.  To put that in perspective, the 100...

I admit it — I love the Internet.  I liked it from the first time I heard the beep beep boooop of our first dial-up modem, and saw how...

My morning routine, which I wrote about recently, was going so well.  Life was starting to hum along again, after the birth of our sixth...

There isn’t one “right” morning routine.  It’s built on your values and realities.  My reality is self-employed (pastor) and 6 kids....

I know that title is pretty broad — I can’t do anything about some of the frustrations in your life.  I can’t do anything about that guy...

The week before vacation is incredibly busy. I've got 7 kids, and I've sometimes wondered if we could buy some velcro suits and hang them...

“Pastor.”  The word may have lost some of its respect over the years, with high-profile scandals, Hollywood hit jobs, and TV...

Tomorrow across America, families will gather, turkey will be eaten, football will be watched, holiday shopping will start… and in...

It’s that time of year, where our hearts turn toward things we are thankful for.  Thanksgving is far too important a habit to only do...

In the next few days, I’ll be posting a couple posts on the toughest things about being a pastor.  I’m doing a survey of all my readers...

You’ve probably heard the statistic: The average person today sees more information in a Sunday edition of the New York Times than the...