pastoral failure – Pastor For Life

Looking for LESS of This to Be News!

April 6, 2014

| Affairs, Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, confession, duplicity, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Failure, Leadership, Pastor, Resignations, Transitions

In case you haven’t heard already, Bob Coy, pastor of one of the US’s largest megachurches, resigned this weekend due to a moral failure. We […]

Pastors And Pain

March 23, 2010

| Brokenness, Church life, Church people, death, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Relationships, Rest, Suffering, Things that drain life, Things that give life

We are rapidly moving toward the celebration of Jesus’ death, and Lent is on our minds for those who observe it. A time in which […]

What Does Tiger Woods’ Apology Say To Pastors?

February 19, 2010

| Affairs, Brokenness, confession, deception, duplicity, Expectations, Failure, Family, influence, Leadership, Marriage, Pastor, Relationships, Sex Addiction, success, Tragedy

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 […]

Healthy Follow-Up to Gary Lamb Post

June 18, 2009

| Brokenness, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Failure, Marriage, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Relationships, Sabbath, Sex Addiction, Spiritual health, Things that add life, Things that drain life

After last week’s post about the resignation of Pastor Gary Lamb due to an affair with his assistant, a good friend of mine, who is […]

I Am Second, Are You?

December 8, 2008

| Brokenness, confession, Expectations, Failure, Life, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life

Have you seen the new website creeping up – iamsecond.com? It’s quite insightful. Anyway, Pete Briscoe, Pastor of Bent Tree Fellowship in Texas, shares a […]

A Video Tell-All On Us Pastors?

November 29, 2008

| Burnout, Church life, Church people, death, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Family, Leadership, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, sleep, Spiritual health, Things that add life, Things that drain life, Uncategorized

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Integrity Is ALWAYS An Issue

August 22, 2008

| Church life, Expectations, Failure, Family, Leadership, Life, Pace of life, Pastor, success

This week, we’ve been inundated with a couple of Christian Leader Integrity issues that seemingly are undermining the plans and purposes of God. No doubt […]