Ministry can become hazardous as we come face to face with difficult issues and difficult people.

“I Had an Anxiety Attack” In fact, I have had more than one anxiety attack in my life. This struggle with anxiety attacks started thirty...

We hope everyone is well and that your 2022 has been a pleasant one so far. There has been a lot going on in our lives, so we thought we...

Carla and I are about to experience our 36th Christmas together since we met at Glorieta, New Mexico in the fall of 1985. Every year...

We do what we do because of a sense of God’s call to serve in ministry. I was 17 when I received my call from God to preach the gospel.

We have a big announcement!

We are living in a time of severe turbulence all across our world. We see it every day in the world of politics.

Why don’t we change? Why is that area the same with no growth or development? The shade is keeping the light from shining on us.

As one who deals with pastors and leaders, I often see and hear about disabled churches.

I have discovered some valuable lessons about faith and ministry and from the links of the golf course.

How do we respond when we come to the place where life is not working?

We had our largest pipeline cut off for days. The energy we needed could not get through to our gas stations.

We have been dealing with a major world-wide crisis for over a year. 2020 was a year we would like to forget.

How do we avoid the place of isolation? We invite significant others into our world. We were never meant to be isolated in ministry.

We are coming off a year of Ministry Madness. We have all dealt with the reality of life events beyond our control.

It would be great if we could take a vaccine to protect us from all that threatens us in the ministry.

If 2020 was a year of the unexpected, then 2021 has begun the same way.

We avoid the blame game when we take responsibility for our life and actions we have taken.

Most of us in ministry are feeling the heavy burden of leading our churches in this pandemic.

I’ve been in ministry long enough to view success differently than when I started off in 1982 as a first- time pastor. When I attended...