Archive for the ‘Educate’ Category


Please read part one of this article by clicking here. I’d like to make a few more suggestions that I hope will be a help to every young preacher that reads this post: Don’t be in a hurry to find a church to pastor. A [...]

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Young preachers begin the ministry with a lot of fervor and idealism. They go to their first church believing they are going to make a difference, that they are going to be able to do what others before them have not done. For a time [...]

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A few years after I left the pastorate, I remember having a conversation with an individual that didn’t set well with me. In a roundabout way, he was saying that, since I had cried my river, I should build a bridge and get over it. [...]

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My grandfather was a designer. He studied the art and design behind buildings, social systems, infrastructure and technology. It fascinated him. He loved what he did. After he died in 2009, I realized how much I am like him. In much of the same way, [...]

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It’s safe to say that congregations are not favorable to change. In fact, Herb Miller, author of Church Personality Matters, notes that “congregations resist positive change as energetically as they resist negative change.” I would say, to those both previously and currently serving in church [...]

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I was about twenty years old and employed by a company who rented safety equipment to contractors working underground. Technically, I held the title of Sales Coordinator, but since the job description was a bit vague, I ended up performing quite a wide range of [...]

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