“How can I persuade a person to live by faith and not by work if I have to juggle my schedule constantly to make everything fit into place?” This question opens the chapter “The Unbusy Pastor” in Eugene Peterson’s The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction. In a culture where being busy [...]
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The Sin of Being Busy
Posted in Church Leadership on August 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For Ordinary Pastors
Posted in Church Leadership, Great Preachers on January 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love ordinary pastors. I hope to be one someday. It took me a long time to reach this point because there is a disposition among younger evangelicals to be the next Tim Keller or Mark Driscoll or Francis Chan. I thank God for each of these men and their ministries, but I have come [...]
Making Vision Stick
Posted in Book Reviews, Church Leadership, Church Planting on December 4, 2007 | Comments Off
Making Vision Stick by Andy Stanley is a book that the elders at Evanston Bible Fellowship are reading to re-articulate our vision for this local church. This book is both short and helpful. Here are the main points of the book, which Pastor Stanley calls five things that “significantly increase the adhesiveness of your vision” [...]
A Ministry with Eyes toward Eternity – the call of Lemuel Haynes
Posted in Book Reviews, Church Leadership on May 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here are some more of my reflections from the book by Thabiti M. Anyabwile The Faithful Preacher: Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African-American Pastors, as he presents the life and ministry of Lemuel Haynes.
Many great pastors have faithful ministries [...]
Church Planting Needs A Few More Good Men
Posted in Church Leadership, Church Planting on April 29, 2007 | Comments Off
Watch the video below to listen to Mark Driscoll exhort church planters to focus on the mission, on using men for that mission, and on declaring the message of Jesus Christ. It is a good message not only for church planters, but for all those that minister to Christ’s bride.
Apparently [...]
Writing on the Resurrection and Women in Ministry
Posted in Church Leadership, Resurrection on April 12, 2007 | Comments Off
My local church puts out a publication called Jeremiah’s Cry about each season. In the Spring edition, I was able to write one article and co-write another on the issues of Christ’s resurrection and women in ministry. To download a free copy of this edition of Jeremiah’s Cry, click here. Once downloaded, look for these [...]
