Articles in this Issue
Monitoring Your Pastoral Fitness
How to check your gauges regularly and make sure you don’t run out of fuel.
CALLING PLAYS THE PLAYERS CAN PLAY
An interview with Kennon Callahan
WHEN YOUR FORCED OUT
If the church says you’re a disposable pastor, where’s your future in ministry?
WHO SETS THE PASTORS AGENDA
How to determine where to invest your best energies in ministry.
What’s Your Church’s Currency?
Money talks—but it speaks a different language in each congregation.
One-Minute Maturity
How a hurried and harried pastor began practicing the spiritual disciplines–deliberately.
THE PRICE YOU PAY IN A GROWING CHURCH
Even successful ministry means problems.
The 7 Irrefutable Laws of Sermon Illustrations
Learn them, and people will listen to you.
Clearing Your Vision
When the trees obscure the forest, it’s time to find a place to regain your bearings.
THE YOUNG PASTOR IN AN OLDER CHURCH
Ways a young minister can gain acceptance and credebility in the established congregation.
WHAT MY FATHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT THE CHURCH
A lasting example of how to be firm, faithful, and forgiving in ministry.
Preaching with Ordered Passion
An interview with Thomas Long