Are you in a season of ministry that seems to be going backwards? People seem excited about everything but spiritual things. Complaints and conflicts have become the norm. The vision that seems so clear feels like it’s withering in a wilderness of indifference. I have been there, and I suspect many of you reading this…
Alpha as a Way to Build Community
In the two previous installments of this series on Alpha ministry in the local church, I’ve looked at Alpha as…
Alpha as a Discipleship Tool
Jesus’ model of discipleship involved both teaching and on-the-job training in ministry. The content of his teaching centered on the…
Alpha Can Help Revitalize Your Church
I’m not sure I could overstate how much Alpha has impacted the revitalization of our church. In the more than…
A Pastor’s Relationship to his Children
“You always put the church ahead of us!” Those were the angry words hurled at our friend by his adult…
A Pastor’s Relationship with Self
You are on a plane taxiing for takeoff; the flight attendant takes the microphone and makes the familiar announcement: “In…
A Pastor’s Relationship with his Wife: The Make-or-Break Relationship
In the introduction to his classic work A Handbook to Marriage, Theodore Bovet states, “Today for most people the man-woman…
A Pastor’s Relationship with God: How Is Your Soul?
The conversation would always begin with the same question; “How is your soul?” After we exchanged greetings and placed our…
Transitions Are His Specialty
Terry Shanahan has navigated many transitions during his career and he quickly smiles when he recounts God’s faithfulness through them…
A Pastor’s Relationship with the Church
We typically describe a pastor’s relationship to his people in leadership terms, such as shepherd or overseer, and rightly so,…
Conflict in the Church – Part 2 Managing Conflict
When I first experienced intense church conflict, it took me by surprise. I had never known anything like it in…
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