EVANGELISM IS NOT SALESMANSHIP Recently we have seen lots of articles about the fall in church membership and the rise…

WE KNOW IT’S TRUE We know that we are not perfect. We accept that we all have sinned and fallen…

For the past few blogs, I’ve been talking about how you can explore various aspects of ministry and your spiritual…

Parables and Your Spiritual Life Lots of people try to play God in this world, but what if you could…

HOW TO LISTEN The problem with our ideological splits today is that we have lost the capacity to listen to…

LOSS OF TRUST THAT BINDS US Consider what is happening in our society. In recent years, almost every major institution…

ENTER INTO A MYSTERY We often speak  about God calling someone to ministry in an almost casual fashion. When you…

A true/false test for those who are genuinely called by God to serve the church. Those called by God always…

HOW YOU THINK OTHERS SEE YOU You can’t avoid having ideas about how others see you. Your assumptions about what…

NAMING THE DEMON If you read the last blog, you know I believe there is no shame in having a…

ON THAT FIRST “GOOD FRIDAY” IT LOOKED ANYTHING BUT GOOD FOR JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES. BUT GOD WAS ALREADY AT…

THE MYTH THAT WON’T DIE No one who has been called by God believes that ridiculous myth that because you…

I’m completing the draft of a new novel that involves many of the characters of my first novel, A STAR…

It is important to occasionally take time to have a checkup. Of course the annual physical is important, but so…

In the last blog, I shared a check list for a pastor to use for measuring how s/he cares about…

Let me offer you a check up sheet to measure how you are doing in caring for your own physical…

PREPARATION FOR THE CONVERSATION See the previous blog for more information on how to engage your congregation in a spiritual…

A SPIRITUAL CHECKUP I want to suggest a way for you to engage your congregation in a spiritual conversation that…

Contemporary Spirituality for the Busy Professional   Purpose: To design a contemporary discipline that would enable a busy professional to…

HELPING JESUS FACE REALITY   Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The…