Let me share a controversial conviction I have: A pastor’s job is not to preach. Preaching is a tool in his tool bag in service to his main job. A p...
One more thought about yesterday’s blog: The result of pastors who have misunderstood their role and the place of a sermon as a part of that role is...
Jannie and Dodie Botha are marriage counselors from South Africa. They have a simple tool they give couples that works wonders - it cuts through a lot...
I've watched women in the South particularly victimized by this. We all have it to some degree, but then, some of us really struggle and it keeps us f...
Yesterday Karen had me out in the garden. Springtime in Georgia is wonderful. First the tulip trees and Bradford pears bravely test the March air. The...
How we teach can be as important as what we teach. We remember so little of what we’re taught because of the inefficient methods teachers use. Jesus...
AIM has a ministry that sends teams of individual young people ministering around the world for a month. Since sending our first team to Costa Rica i...
Last week something happened that invaded my cozy world. Alli Mellon came into my office and told me about an orphanage outside Delhi India; where 360...
"Go and make disciples of all nations" - Jesus Perhaps you’re one of the lucky few who has had someone invest in them. Maybe you’ve taken that ...
Mike Yaconelli, who pioneered our current model of youth ministry, wrote an article "The Failure of Youth Ministry" in 2003, the year he died. Somethi...
