Oct 7, 2015 | Inspiration, MUSIC, Refreshment
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...
Oct 7, 2015 | Family, Perspectives
Pastors, don’t make your kids have to set boundaries for you. What do I mean? Well, there’s nothing like being a PK. I can say that from experience precisely because I am, well, a preacher’s kid. For all the dour, sour words my sister and I have heard from fellow PKs...
Oct 5, 2015 | Refreshment
How well I remember my first vegetable garden! Each day I would lovingly water the tender plants and carefully check their growth. I found it exciting to watch them increase in height and fullness every few days and to know they were flourishing. Planting a garden led...
Sep 28, 2015 | Inspiration
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...
Sep 28, 2015 | Perspectives
Most pastors have areas they always do well and other activities that they dread and can procrastinate doing. The main reasons people procrastinate are lack of interest or purpose in the task, fear of failure, disorganization, and a false sense of timing. Postponing...
Sep 25, 2015 | Perspectives
What do you do if you’re trying to do everything right and it’s not working? There’s no point in dismissing me here. You probably know what I’m talking about. You’re a pastor for crying out loud. You’ve devoted your life to getting this faith journey right and had the...
Sep 22, 2015 | Inspiration
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...
Sep 21, 2015 | Inspiration
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...
Sep 18, 2015 | Refreshment
As great as learning from other pastors at large group conferences can be, we cannot underestimate the equally important time spent simply getting away from it all, either by yourself, with your family or spouse, or among a group of other pastors needing some time to...
