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REWORK … I Gotta Read It! You Do Too!
March 12, 2010
I haven’t read this book yet, but after reading this post at TimSchraeder.com, I will be soon! Thanks for concisely boiling this down for us Tim!
10 Things That Drive Me Crazy About Working for a Church
I’m nearing the 10-year mark of being a church employee. That practically makes me a veteran. Ten years, [...]
What Does Tiger Woods’ Apology Say To Pastors?
February 19, 2010
You’ve probably heard enough about Tiger Woods’ sordid lifestyle. I have too. And I have no interest in exploiting any of it.
However, I have a lot of interest, for myself and any other Pastor, in learning from it. I have no interest in analyzing Tiger’s actions or apology to the nth degree.
Regardless of what any [...]
Reducing Stress Proving To Prolong Life
January 6, 2010
FoxNews.com is carrying a story on the effects of stress reduction being proven to add years to one’s life. Honestly, none of us know how long we’ll live, only God does. However, we’re called also to be good stewards of our resources.
NOBODY can live WITHOUT stress. That’s not good either. At the same time, lack [...]
The Dark Side of Ministry
November 11, 2009
Milfred Minitrea of the Missional Church Center, wrote a powerful post on his blog that I think deals with the dark side of ministry and how Pastors are constantly dealing with the issue of congregational change management and ministry effectiveness.
In His post called, “Depression: Pastors In Pain”, he writes:
David Treadway, pastor of Sandy Ridge Baptist [...]
Defining Success
November 5, 2009
Success is such a vague concept in Pastoral life. For ages, we’ve defined it by numbers. Whatever numbers we could produce.
Numbers of people
Numbers of dollars
Numbers of buildings
Numbers of salvations
Numbers of baptisms.
You number it and we’ll count it in the final tally!
For the last “number” of years, many well-known Pastors have tried to re-define success by [...]
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