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...
