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Why We Disciple Young Leaders
Why We Disciple Young Leaders
“Daniel, we don’t believe you’re ready to be a youth pastor yet.”  My executive pastor’s words hit me like a ton of bricks. After months of interviews, after pouring my ...
10 Reasons Why the Women in Your Church Need a Social Media Break
10 Reasons Why the Women in Your Church Need a Social Media Break
Everywhere I go, I meet girls and women who are hurting, overwhelmed, anxious, lonely, and feeling disconnected from God and others. You’ve likely seen it in your church ...
3 Practice Areas to Protect Pastors from Burnout
3 Practice Areas to Protect Pastors from Burnout
It wasn’t until I had nearly six months of distance from my pastorate that I realized I had been dealing at the time with significant burnout.  The burnout grew, as far ...
4 Disciplines to Keep Your Anger in Check
4 Disciplines to Keep Your Anger in Check
I suspect that there are many pastors who are angry but don’t know it, and if you’re one of them, I also suspect that not knowing it may be negatively impacting your mini...
An Invitation to the Sabbath Way
An Invitation to the Sabbath Way
My sister is a busy woman. She and her husband have four kids, ages ten to seventeen. They live outside of town in a house with some property, along with a dog and severa...
Holding On to the Guilt and Shame Didn't Keep Me from Sinning
Holding On to the Guilt and Shame Didn't Keep Me from Sinning
This post is an excerpt from Wherever You Are by Emily Assell. Published with permission from Tyndale House Publishers. “I’m sorry. Gabe, I’m so sorry.” I had let my an...
Guilty But Not Condemned: The Heart of the Gospel
Guilty But Not Condemned: The Heart of the Gospel
This post is an excerpt from Loved to Life by Ann Voskamp. Published with permission from Tyndale House Publishers. Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeare...
How Can We Pray for the Church Amidst Brokenness?
How Can We Pray for the Church Amidst Brokenness?
This post is an excerpt from Confessions of an Amateur Saint by Mandy Smith. Published with permission from NavPress. I saw the headline last week that a large, wealthy ...
Christian History: Symbols of Christmas
Christian History: Symbols of Christmas
For centuries before Christ, residents of Europe dealt with the long, hard winter months by celebrating midwinter festivals. Some familiar Christmas symbols originated in...
7 Christian Biographies
7 Christian Biographies
A great biography begins with a life well lived, but only a story well told lives on. Subjects of popular biographies range from people involved in politics and business ...