Things that pastors and PKs see

Here are a few things that I believe pastors and PKs (Pastors' Kids) see that others sometimes miss. The church and ministry, though mysterious in many ways, are also simply physical expressions of things that we choose to believe and the activities we choose to engage in It is not the perfection of the participants…

The stuff we do matters

Dear pastor, I have told you before how much you matter to God. But in this post, I want to mention how the stuff that you do day to day matters. It is so easy to think that the little things we do daily (like checking email, sending text messages, calling people, making social media…

The loneliness of ministry

Why is ministry so lonely? Here are a few of my thoughts on why pastors can be surrounded by people and yet feel lonely, alone, unseen, unheard, unvalued or misunderstood... Because very few people understand what we go through as pastors (what we feel, experience, etc) Because so many of us pastors work in small…

To tell the good news you have to tell the bad news

Dear pastor, I want to share with you a profound reality about ministry and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. You and I have the calling, the privilege and the responsibility of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with people. And what a joy it is to tell people of God's love for them,…