Feeling overwhelmed? You are not alone. Cut yourself some slack. You are a frontline worker. Yes, you are. Pastors are on the frontlines...

If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall. — 1 Corinthians 10:12 There is a common malady among leaders who fall into...

Anyone who has served in pastoral ministry for any length recognizes that the church calendar's fall season brings an avalanche of...

In 2011 I hiked with two friends, Mark, and David, to the summit of Kilimanjaro: 19,340 feet/5895 meters. We took 6 days, 4 to summit and...

Parker Palmer writes: "But the seeds of possibility planted with such hope in the fall must eventually endure winter, when the potentials...

Marathons have mile markers for a reason. A runner may be absolutely exhausted. Your tank is near empty. Your muscles are screaming. Your...

Often, when we think ‘destruction,’ God is thinking ‘construction.’ It was a red-letter day in my life when I realized that a complete...

If crisis reveals character, this is certainly the season for exposing our true nature. Organizational structures and we who populate...

Christopher Columbus was 41 years old when he embarked on his first voyage to discover a new passage to the far East. It was a perilous,...

It has been said many times, perhaps too many times in the past year; we are living in unsettling times. Words and phrases like Pivot,...

Resilience is the secret sauce of pastoral fitness. Rick Warren describes resilience as, “…the ability to bounce back. It’s the ability...