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Chronics Overload
When the needy get too needy.
by Dan Schaeffer
Leadership Journal, Fall 2007
Nothing for Christmas
My wife gave away the gift money, and now our kids will have no presents.
by Clark Cothern, guest columnist
Leader's Insight, December 19, 2005
Not-so-quiet Desperation
A Leadership Interview
Leadership Journal, Summer 2007
Full-Time Pastor but only Part-Time Follower of Jesus
What it took to find my real ministry.
by Craig Groeschel
Leadership Journal, Spring 2007
A Steady Rhythm
The not-so-secret key to effective ministry and leadership.
by Ruth Haley Barton
Leadership Journal, Winter 2007
Lonely and Low-Risk?
by Abram Book, with survey info from Barna.org
Leadership Journal, Fall 2006
Loving the Fishbowl Life
What allowed our daughters to survive, even thrive, in a ministry home.
by Adam Hamilton
Leadership Journal, Fall 2006
Lost and Found in the Asphalt Jungle
My children don't have a neat quarter-acre suburban backyard. Yet they call our inner-city mission field home.
by Kathy Callahan-Howell
Leadership Journal, Fall 2006
Does Ministry Fuel Addictive Behavior?
Certain approaches to ministry lead to self-destruction.
by Sally Morgenthaler
Leadership Journal, Winter 2006
Sidebar
Behind Closed Doors: Sally Morgenthaler's Story
No one knew what was happening at the parsonage.
Leadership Journal, Winter 2006
Sightings
Glimpses of an elusive God keep me searching and serving.
by David Hansen
Leadership Journal, Winter 2006
The Christian Vision Project
Sex & the City of God
How do we respond to a corrupted culture? Two faulty examples and a better one.
by Mark Buchanan
Leadership Journal, Winter 2006
DNF
Many in ministry Did Not Finish. What can we do about that?
by Gordon MacDonald
Leadership Journal, Winter 2006
No, I'm Not Your Best Friend
There's a good reason pastors and associates don't feel like friends. It's more important than that.
by David B. Smith
Leadership Journal, Fall 2005
Finding True North
Confused and aimless? You can recover your sense of direction.
by John Koessler
Leadership Journal, Fall 2005
What Wives Want
Here's what ministry wives wish their husbands knew.
Leadership Journal, Summer 2005
In Search of a Real Friend
Why is it so hard for us in ministry to form deep, lasting friendships?
by Kathy Callahan-Howell
Leadership Journal, Spring 2005
Happily Ever After
Clergy are more sexually satisfied, less likely to commit adultery.
Leadership Journal, Spring 2005
More Sex, Please
Churchgoers want more sermons on sexual issues than pastors think they do.
Leadership Journal, Winter 2005
70 Effective Resolutions
by Eric Reed (and Jonathan Edwards)
January 2, 2003
Where Did My Mind Go?
How one pastor faced the loss of … well … ah …
By Chris Maxwell
Leadership Journal, Summer 2004
Have I Become Useless?
What does a man my age have to offer the trend-setting generation?
By Ben Patterson
Leadership Journal, Summer 2004
Overcoming Spiritual Numbness
I'd become self-absorbed and numb. Could I learn to live and love again?
By Scott Ranck
Leadership Journal, Summer 2004
Pastor's Marriage Rehab
The breaking and healing of a pastor's marriage.
by Matt and Julie Woodley
Leadership Journal, Spring 2004
A Good Day Off
Our family was drifting apart … until we kicked back at the "other" Willow Creek.
Steve Van Winkle
Leadership Journal, Summer 2003
She's No Betty Crocker
When the pastor's spouse doesn't meet the church's expectations.
Britt T. Staton
Leadership Journal, Spring 2003
My New Club
This pastor looked beyond his usual circles for friends.
by Todd Gaddis
Leadership Journal, Winter 2003
Holy Mr. Herbert
This pastor wrestled with his nature's best and worst, and left us a window to his soul.
by Elesha Coffman
Leadership Journal, Summer 2002
Inadequate, Conflicted, and Content
A contemporary pastor finds a friend in Herbert.
by Richard P. Hansen
Leadership Journal, Summer 2002
Graffiti Pastor
He saw the writing on the wall, and stayed on the Lower East Side anyway.
Taylor Field as told to Eric Reed
Leadership Journal, Summer 2002
A Surer Footing
When their ministry nearly toppled, Pete and Geri Scazzero had to regain their balance in both work and marriage.
A Leadership Interview
Leadership Journal, Summer 2002
Single … With Children
Three keys to effective ministry with single-parent families.
by Barbara Schiller
Leadership Journal, Spring 2002
Keeping Up with the Jones's Kids
Why a senior pastor stays in touch with his church's teenagers.
by Ray Johnson
Leadership Journal, Spring 2002
Christian Bachelor Party
The groom's night with the boys was really dull, until …
by Gordon Dalbey
Leadership Journal, Spring 2002
Is Your Church a Good Neighbor?
Why some communities resist churches—and others welcome them.
by Eric Swanson
Leadership Journal, Spring 2002
Connecting the Generations
How churches are building and sustaining age-integrated, multi-generational ministry.
by Drew Zahn
Leadership Journal, Spring 2002
Reclaiming the Urban Family
How one church trains and retrains families where "good families" are rare.
by Willie Richardson
Leadership Journal, Spring 2002
Single … with Children
Three keys to effective ministry with single-parent families.
by Barbara Schiller
Leadership Journal, Spring 2002
From the Editor
Lyle Schaller denies he's a prophet. I'm not sure I believe him.
by Marshall Shelley
Leadership Journal, Spring 2002
Marriage Makeover
How a bad ministry marriage went good.
by Clark Cothern
Leadership Journal, Winter 2002
One Last Thought
Pastor Rob won't forget his first day at his new church.
by Eric Reed
Leadership Journal, Winter 2002
The Friendship Dilemma
Can pastors and church leaders be real friends? In our multi-ethnic, multi-generational community, yes, we risk growing close.
by Erwin R. McManus
Fall 2001
Preacher's Kid, Everybody's Kid
What my parents did so I could thrive inside the bubble.
by Robert H. Thune
Spring 2001
More Than Pastor, Jr.
How I'm following, and not following, my father's footsteps.
by Isaac Hunter
Spring 2001
Broken Pastor, Broken Church
How could I lead a congregation that was as hurt as I was?
by Joe McKeever
Leadership Journal, Winter 2001
Hooked: One Pastor's Struggle with Internet Pornography
First he turned on the computer, then the computer turned on him.
by Eric Reed
Leadership Journal, Winter 2001
The Leadership Survey on Pastors and Internet Pornography
How widespread is it?
by the Leadership Editors
Leadership Journal, Winter 2001
If It Could Happen to Me
Help from men who've been there.
by Anonymous
Leadership Journal, Winter 2001
The Emancipation of a White Preacher
How one man transformed a longing for reconciliation into action.
by William Fraher Abernathy
Fall 2000
Voted Off Ministry Island
Midnight confessions of a would-be Survivor.
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Fall 2000
Why Am I Angrier Than I Used to Be?
Getting a grip on pastoral rage.
by Ed Rowell
Leadership Journal, Summer 2000
A Stronger Heart for Worship
Before I could lead my people, I had to deepen my own intimacy with God.
by Kevin Bidwell
Leadership Journal, Spring 2000
My Secret Struggle
One pastor's journey from homosexual anguish to health.
by Name Withheld
Leadership Journal, Fall 1999
When Your Child Does Drugs
How 4 pastoral families dealt with bad decisions by a son or daughter.
A Leadership Forum
Leadership Journal, Summer 1999
A Time to Heal
How one wounded couple found strength renewed.
by Mark Galli
Leadership Journal, Summer 1999
Martha Stewart in the Parsonage?
We gave up entertaining to make our home hospitable.
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Leadership Journal, Summer 1999
Holy War
Sometimes God provokes you because you need the fight.
by Ben Patterson
Leadership Journal, Spring 1999
Celebrating Easter when you're living Good Friday
In the darkness, would God's presence break through?
by David Coffin
Leadership Journal, Winter 1999
Big Ambitions, Small Church
When our whole family felt the pinch, I adjusted my expectations.
by Jeff Schirle
Leadership Journal, Winter 1999
Seduced
An affair can begin before you're aware of it, unless you know the signs.
by Louis McBurney
Leadership Journal, Fall 1998
Are You Too Tired?
A self-test to determine whether your fatigue is normal or a sign you need help.
by Archibald Hart
Leadership Journal, Fall 1998
The Benefit of a Forced Exit
To find joy in ministry, I had to lose my job.
by Nancy Barton
Leadership Journal, Fall 1998
Get a (Balanced) Life!
An answer for the nagging voices that say, "You're not working hard enough."
by Gary D. Preston
Leadership Journal, Fall 1998
We Grew Up in a Pastor's Home
Three candid reports on the lasting impact.
by John H. Morgan, Lena Butler, and Ralph Nite, Jr.
Leadership Journal, Spring 1998
"How Many Did You Have Last Sunday?"
I confess: I've played the numbers game.
by Jack Hayford
Leadership Journal, Winter 1998
How Exercise Nearly Killed Me
If church potlucks don't get you, the fresh air
will.
by Richard Asmussen
Leadership Journal, Winter 1998
Monday Morning Restoration
What ministry takes out, you can put back in.
by Gordon MacDonald
Leadership Journal, Winter 1998
Conducting a Spiritual Audit
Twelve questions to keep your personal accounts in order.
by Fred Smith
Leadership Journal, Winter 1998
Living Abundantly When Resources Are Scarce
I finally determined that money would not define my soul.
by Craig Brian Larson
Leadership Journal, Winter 1998
My Second Call to Ministry
I decided to reenlist on a playground in Libby, Montana.
by Mathew Woodley
Leadership Journal, Winter 1998
What I Wish I'd Known Before I Quit
Lessons of a pastor who left too soon.
by Anthony Laird
Leadership Journal, Winter 1998
First Runner-Up
Overcoming the pain of not getting that new position.
by Name Withheld
Leadership Journal, Winter 1998
Trust without Understanding
If we couldn't have a baby, could we at least have health?
by Bill Oudemolen as told to Dean Merrill
Leadership Journal, Fall 1997
Pastor's Progress
Learning from the dark moments on my journey to the Celestial City.
by Gordon MacDonald
Leadership Journal, Summer 1997
Protection from the Pressures
Five commitments safeguard my marriage and ministry.
by Dwight Perry
Leadership Journal, Spring 1997
What's Really Behind Our Fatigue?
If you feel like you're on a treadmill, there may be an underlying reason.
by John Ortberg
Leadership Journal, Spring 1997
The Pain of a Prodigal
Yet I learned valuable lessons from my daughter's rebellion.
by Name Withheld
Leadership Journal, Winter 1997
My New View of God
How the deaths of two children affected my faith.
by Marshall Shelley
Leadership Journal, Fall 1996
Nicholas
I was losing my son. Would I lose my faith as well?
by Alvin C. Johnson, Jr.
Leadership Journal, Fall 1996
Why I Resist Accountability
I say I want it, so why do I avoid it?
by Louis McBurney
Leadership Journal, Summer 1996
I Don't Have Any Friends
And I think I have discovered the reasons.
by Mike Yaconelli
Leadership Journal, Summer 1996
Strategies to Keep from Falling
Practical steps to maintain your purity and ministry.
by Randy C. Alcorn
Leadership Journal, Summer 1996
Training with a Championship Coach
Three share their secrets about finding a mentor who can help your ministry.
by Bob Roberts, Jr., Fred Smith, and Chuck Swindoll
Leadership Journal, Summer 1996
My Former Church Apologized
I had been forced to resign. What would it be like to return?
by Name Withheld
Leadership Journal, Summer 1996
Daddy I'm Pregnant
3 words that changed me and my ministry.
by Haman Cross, Jr.
Leadership Journal, Summer 1996
Leadership Classics
The War Within: An Anatomy Of Lust
It's an invisible sin, and one of the most destructive. In a brutally honest account, one man tells of his descent into lust and his painful escape. First in a series of three.
by Name Withheld
Leadership Journal, Fall 1982
The War Within Continues
An update on a Christian leader's struggle with lust. Second in a series of three.
by Name Withheld
Leadership Journal, Fall 1982
Battle Strategy: Some Practical Advice
Valuable strategy that can help prevent needless scars. Third in a series of three.
by Name Withheld
Leadership Journal, Fall 1982
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