I find as I get older I think more about legacy. As a parent, and as a pastor’s wife, what will my legacy be? After I am gone, what will people remember about me? I have been a part of more than one church where there were candy people. You may have had them in your...
Reborn from Manafest
Singer/rapper/songwriter/author/skater Manafest pushes musical envelopes, creating an uplifting, seamless blur between the spectrums of rap, hip-hop, rock and pop while selling 300,000-plus albums, playing more than 1,000 events logged over four continents and...
Brave New World from Amanda Cook
Bethel Music, the worship music and community of songwriters emerging from Bethel Church in Redding, CA, released the debut solo album from artist Amanda Cook, Brave New World, on September 25 through Provident Distribution. Featuring 13 original songs, the album...
You Hold It All from Travis Ryan
Worship leader, recording artist and award-winning songwriter, Travis Ryan, released his five-song EP, You Hold It All, globally through Integrity Music. The EP is meant to be a shining testament to God’s faithfulness, through both the beautiful and the tragic...
Spontaneous Prayer
I come from a tradition that privileges “spontaneous prayer” and looks suspiciously on scripted prayers or prayers written down beforehand. According to this perspective, spontaneous prayer means prayer from the heart while written prayers are not from the heart. I...
Differentiating Disruptions, Interruption, and Divine Appointments
Life is filled with disruptions and interruptions. So how can we tell the difference between these and divine appointments? Here, PastorResources.com contributor Karen Whiting tackles this issue head-on: A woman touched Christ’s cloak and caused him to stop when he...
Time and Accountability Partners
Sometimes time management is something that is much more achievable when you don't try to do it on your own. PastorResources.com contributor Karen Whiting is here to explain how an accountability partner can help: Accountability partnership is teaming up with someone...
When and How to Say “No” Graciously
As pastors, we may feel called to say, "yes" to everything. A congregant needs someone to chat with? No problem! Someone needs some sound advice? You're there! A wedding ceremony? You'll plan it! Someone needs a visit at home or in the hospital? Of course! But then,...
Beyond “Recitation”
I remember, as an adolescent, entering a Scripture memory contest in my hometown. Obviously, the object was to memorize more scriptures than anyone else. I won that contest, and by a large margin (though I did misquote one…). Being a PK (preacher’s kid), obviously I...
Do I Really Matter to God?
I recently had a conversation with a really smart person. I don’t mean street smart—I mean a bona fide, card-carrying member of the genius club. This individual spoke English, but it wasn’t the English the rest of us speak. We were talking about the Bible. Since I’m a...
The Candy People
I find as I get older I think more about legacy. As a parent, and as a pastor’s wife, what will my legacy be? After I am gone, what will people remember about me? I have been a part of more than one church where there were candy people. You may have had them in your...
Reborn from Manafest
Singer/rapper/songwriter/author/skater Manafest pushes musical envelopes, creating an uplifting, seamless blur between the spectrums of rap, hip-hop, rock and pop while selling 300,000-plus albums, playing more than 1,000 events logged over four continents and...
Brave New World from Amanda Cook
Bethel Music, the worship music and community of songwriters emerging from Bethel Church in Redding, CA, released the debut solo album from artist Amanda Cook, Brave New World, on September 25 through Provident Distribution. Featuring 13 original songs, the album...
You Hold It All from Travis Ryan
Worship leader, recording artist and award-winning songwriter, Travis Ryan, released his five-song EP, You Hold It All, globally through Integrity Music. The EP is meant to be a shining testament to God’s faithfulness, through both the beautiful and the tragic...
Spontaneous Prayer
I come from a tradition that privileges “spontaneous prayer” and looks suspiciously on scripted prayers or prayers written down beforehand. According to this perspective, spontaneous prayer means prayer from the heart while written prayers are not from the heart. I...
Differentiating Disruptions, Interruption, and Divine Appointments
Life is filled with disruptions and interruptions. So how can we tell the difference between these and divine appointments? Here, PastorResources.com contributor Karen Whiting tackles this issue head-on: A woman touched Christ’s cloak and caused him to stop when he...
Time and Accountability Partners
Sometimes time management is something that is much more achievable when you don't try to do it on your own. PastorResources.com contributor Karen Whiting is here to explain how an accountability partner can help: Accountability partnership is teaming up with someone...
When and How to Say “No” Graciously
As pastors, we may feel called to say, "yes" to everything. A congregant needs someone to chat with? No problem! Someone needs some sound advice? You're there! A wedding ceremony? You'll plan it! Someone needs a visit at home or in the hospital? Of course! But then,...
Beyond “Recitation”
I remember, as an adolescent, entering a Scripture memory contest in my hometown. Obviously, the object was to memorize more scriptures than anyone else. I won that contest, and by a large margin (though I did misquote one…). Being a PK (preacher’s kid), obviously I...
Do I Really Matter to God?
I recently had a conversation with a really smart person. I don’t mean street smart—I mean a bona fide, card-carrying member of the genius club. This individual spoke English, but it wasn’t the English the rest of us speak. We were talking about the Bible. Since I’m a...
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