Timeless wisdom for pastors with forward-thinking solutions.
Ministry Lessons from the Life of Eugene Peterson
9 church leaders share what they learned through his books, letters, and friendship.
Enough of Me Already!
It’s time to find other ways to illustrate sermons than me, me, and mine.
Long Live Organic Church!
But what do we do if the world isn’t transformed?
Glocal Church Ministry
Bob Roberts has an idea that may change American congregations, if not the world.
Truthtelling Value
To be fully truthful sometimes requires us to admit to others our feelings, which might not seem appropriate.
The Glory and the Muck
Jesus leads us through valleys in order to experience glory.
Embarrassed by God
God often works in ways that we don’t understand, and are even ashamed of, in order to demonstrate love, mercy, and redemption.
Simplicity
Shedding the “stuff”
Perseverance
The first abolitionist
Shedding the “Stuff”
The importance of an unhindered walk with Christ.
A Time to Heal
What brought us to Marble Retreat, and what we came home with.
Perils of the Professionally Holy
Spiritual work often makes us more susceptible to spiritual sins.
LEARNING TO BE SOME THINGS FOR SOME PEOPLE
Finding your church’s niche seems to be one key to effective evangelism.
Preaching with Ordered Passion
An interview with Thomas Long
CALLING PLAYS THE PLAYERS CAN PLAY
An interview with Kennon Callahan
WHAT DO MEN WANT?
The secrets of vital men’s ministry
LEADERSHIP AT ITS BEST
The articles from the first ten years that helped readers most.
THE FAIR-TO-MIDDLING PREACHER
Ordinary preachers may never dazzle, but most can learn to be pretty good.