Selfie Generation

And other items of interest from ministry and culture.

Leadership Journal reviews

Forced to resign, I thought my ministry was over. God had other plans.

Choosing the right leaders may have more to do with your nose than your brain.

Forget metrics. The pastor’s job is to find success when it’s invisible.

It did something to me, especially on the inside.

Three things I ask God to do when I’m in the pulpit.

And other innovative practices from around the ministry world.

Not all healthy churches grow numerically—and that’s okay.

It’s hard to lead locally from a distance.

How can multisite churches convey pastoral presence?

Like Jesus, we must accept, even embrace, our embodied limitations.

Christian millennials are into the Good Book but face skepticism from peers.

Burned out on ministry and fed up with organized religion, these spiritual refugees present a challenge to the church.

When speaking truth one on one, you’re not delivering a sermon.

Why teaching the strange and disturbing stories in Scripture is essential to outreach and spiritual growth.

Innovators are finding creative ways to get people engaged with Scripture.

Stepping out to the margins blew up my ministry.

Are you here? Really here?

A pastor’s primer on praying.

In ministry we have three primary means of bringing the gospel into the lives of others.