Change – Pastor For Life

A Prayer For Leaders in light of MLK Day

January 22, 2013

| Change, Communication, Expectations, Failure, influence, Leadership, Life, Spiritual health

In an email from Ruth Haley Barton‘s Transforming Center, this piece resonated deeply with me. As yesterday’s US Presidential Inauguration fell on the observance of […]

What Bill Hybels Wants Every Pastor To Know

June 24, 2012

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| Anxiety, Brokenness, Change, confession, Depression, duplicity, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Family, grief, Insecurity, Leadership, Life, Margin, Marriage, Mourning, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Relationships, Rest, Sex Addiction, Spiritual health, success, Suffering, Things that add life, Things that give life, vulnerability

…. how he got into counseling. Yes, you read that right! Bill Hybels really wants you to know that he’s in counseling, and he believes […]

Looking For Your Next Place Of Ministry?

April 20, 2010

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| Change, Communication, Leadership, Life, Pastor, Resignations, Transitions

DJ Chuang has an awesome list of ministries that re helping pastors match churches they can serve and churches find their right pastor as well. […]

Francis Chan Resigns Cornerstone

April 19, 2010

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| Change, Church life, Leadership, Pastor, Transitions

Popular pastor, conference speaker, and author, Francis Chan, has resigned the pastorate of the church he started 16 years ago, Cornerstone Community Church. Francis pastors […]

The Dark Side of Ministry

November 11, 2009

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| Anxiety, Brokenness, Change, Church life, Church people, death, Depression, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, grief, Leadership, Pastor, Spiritual health, Things that drain life, Tragedy

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 […]