http://clipart-library.com/clipart/385716.htm Every job has its pressures. The challenge isn’t finding that job without pressures. It is finding the one with the pressures that you are uniquely equipped to handle. I have come to the point in my ministry in which…
Power And Vulnerability
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/1805787.htm I just finished reading a chapter in my favourite book on leadership. I am reading through it for my fifth time because every time that I read it, I learn something new. The book is Dr. Henry Cloud’s Integrity:…
Building Relationships In A Small Church
Photo by Hannah Rodrigo on Unsplash As a pastoral student at Ontario Bible College, I remember my prof telling us that a pastor should never have any friendships in the church. Basically the pastor was there to treat everyone the…
Rural vs. Urban
clipart-library.com/n755598.htm I am currently taking part in an online discussion forum. The subject that I am dealing with is The Small Church: Urban & Rural. There are many other topics but that is the one that they asked me to…
I’m Back
It has been a long time since I last wrote a blog entry and a lot has happened since then. September found me in the emergency ward of the hospital suffering from an intense pain in my back. It was…
Talking About The Lions
http://www.freebibleimages.org/ Nancy Cunningham/Rachel Coate/BasicTrainingBible Ministries Our starting point when we share the gospel with someone in most cases shapes that person’s understanding of the Christian life. When I was in the early years of my ministry, I heard advice that…
Eternity Balances The Scale
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/n1010502.htm About five weeks ago I entered into what has been both a new and also an interesting experience in my life. I woke up in the middle of the night with severe pain in my back. I was about…
Commercialism vs. Commitment
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/221860.htm I have always had an interest in history and politics. My first memories of American politics was the presidency of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. After a series of older men in the office, Kennedy brought an energy and excitement…
I Have A Dream
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/760406.htm I had a reason the other day to go back through all of the blogs that I have written over the years. As I read these past editions, I was struck by one entry in particular. It challenged…
Defining Greatness: Part II
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/689166.htm Last week I shared with you a quote from Zack Eswine’s book entitled The Imperfect Pastor. I want to share that quote again this week and comment on a different part of it. “The point I’m making is this.…