Ministry Begins with Rest We’ve been providing care, counsel, and prayer to pastors and other servants of Christ for a number of years. One of the most important things… Continue Reading
Re-Soul: Confessions of a Type A Leader “The reason I share my junk with you,” a pastor disclosed. “Is because you’re not a monkish spiritual formation guy. I can’t relate to the… Continue Reading
Free of Jealousy Many years ago I was at a pastors’ retreat and a friend excitedly handed me his newly published book. I complimented him, but inside I… Continue Reading
You Are Enough! During the fourteen years that I was fasting from publishing books, Kristi and I were on a retreat with a group of church leaders. As… Continue Reading
Success in the Eyes of a Child Recently I became a “Papa”! This is me looking into the eyes our first grandchild Juliet Bella! What a heart-pumping and face-illuminating joy this is… Continue Reading
Give Jesus Some Elbow Room I had just finished my Soul Shepherding meetings with pastors and ministry leaders and I had a few hours before the seminar I was leading that… Continue Reading
Chasing a Rabbit Have you heard about the greyhound races? Those dogs are fast! They run so fast because they’re chasing a mechanical rabbit. A friend told me… Continue Reading
Six Unhurried Words I had more work to do than time to complete it: ministry events to prepare for, people calling me for therapy or spiritual mentoring, letters… Continue Reading
Less is More Every pastor, leader, and caregiver tries to do too much. Lord, help us not to make this mistake! For us and the people around us… Continue Reading