Sabbath in the New Testament: Rhythms of Loving Activity What do the Scriptures reveal about Sabbath in the New Testament? Did Jesus practice the Sabbath? And how does that relate to how you might… Continue Reading
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
A Simple Solution to Stress From Dallas Willard One day in the fall of 2007 when I was meeting with Dallas Willard at his USC office he asked me, “If you had one… Continue Reading
How to Set Boundaries With Family for the Holidays You may love the idea of being with family for the holidays — or maybe not! It can be stressful! And in some family relationships,… Continue Reading
Hard Work in an Easy Way “Am I burned out?” I (Bill) asked. I help pastors care for their soul and not burn out but now I was drained and dry.… Continue Reading
Spiritual Formation in the Pandemic In this pandemic, we’ve seen racist police officers kill innocent Black men — thinking they’re doing their job of public service. We’ve seen raging protestors… Continue Reading
I Felt Like a Son in Grief, Not a Pastor When my dad died my mom asked me to be the minister for his funeral. But I felt like a son in grief, not a… Continue Reading
Relaxed One day I was having lunch with Dallas Willard and he asked me, “If you had one word to describe Jesus what would it be?”… Continue Reading
The Easy Yoke Gospel I was forty years old when I discovered the Gospel of Christ as an Easy Yoke and the Lord inflamed my heart with his love!… Continue Reading
Easy Yoke is an Oxymoron In Jesus’ day, a rabbi’s teaching was called a yoke. The teaching-yoke of the religion scholars and priests was an endless list of laws, rules,… Continue Reading