Articles in this Issue
THE INGLORIOUS WORK OF SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
How practical is it to guide Christians one at a time?
FIDDLIN’ WITH THE STAFF
It’s not easy to keep the music going when all eyes are on first chair.
DEATHBED QUESTIONS: DISCERNING THE UNSPOKEN
Nursing the soul of a dying person demands a heart sensitive to the tide of needs.
Maximizing the Children’s Sermon
What do you do with little tykes once they’re assembled at the front of the church?
IDEAS THAT WORK
Getting church news in print
SHOULD WE MARRY THE UNCHURCHED?
The difference between marriage and a Christian marriage.
LEADERSHIP FORUM
Leadership Forum
How to Win at Parish Poker
Pastoral credibility can be parlayed into great gains … or squandered.
KEYS TO A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CHURCH
An interview with James Dobson
FIVE SMALL GROUP MYTHS
Home Bible studies don’t always operate by the textbook.
How I Upgraded My Premarital Counseling
These are the most helpful tools I’ve come up with after working with couples for 30 years.
HOW PASTORS AND ASSOCIATES GET ALONG
A Leadership survey probes what’s right, wrong, and fixable in church staff relationships.