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February 4, 2023 3 Comments

When I served as a pastor – and in almost every church I served – one of the complaints I occasionally heard was that someone wasn't being spiritually fed. Apparently, that's not a new

November 9, 2022 0 Comments

To become a part of the Next Level for Church Growth Pastors Group (a private Facebook Group), a pastor has to answer three questions. Question #2 is about Church Growth. It's always amused

November 8, 2022 10 Comments

Over the years, there has been a good bit of talk about what a senior pastor is "supposed" to be doing when it comes to leading a church. However, it's clear that the

October 15, 2022 0 Comments

I have a few pet peeves. Drivers who don’t use their turn signals, cashiers who don’t say please and thank you and pastors who tell me they have online services when in essence

September 3, 2022 0 Comments

I was speaking with a pastor in Iowa the other day and shared that I'd just completed forty years in parish ministry. He offered some generous congratulatory sentiments and thanked me for my

August 18, 2022 0 Comments

"We've got lots of opportunities. What we don't have are the members to take advantage of any of them. Everyone is exhausted." ExhaustedTiredDepletedWiped Out Let's be honest, the pandemic and the post-pandemic migration