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As the number of members of the congregation increases, it is harder to have deep relationship with all the members. Because for the volume of names and prayer requests that I feel like I should be aware of, I as the shepherd/preacher feel hasty to get to know all the members. I feel that haste and ...

dichotomy of care? There is such a delicate marriage of sound theological truth and pastoral comfort that necessitated by every situation of suffering/pain. Seasoned and wiser preachers have preached with that dichotomy. Such delicacy is presented and the baton of wisdom in times of such trial is pa...

Feeding without nutrition. Sermons easily become messages that are ‘superficial and emotionally vacuous sermons’. This is what bothers me mostly as a preacher and also seem to be the true battle of feeding/sermon preaching as I preach to my congregation who are eager to know the pragmatic relati...

It has been 18 months since our church plant. Including the 6 months of prayer meeting towards the launch, it has been 25 months of leading and launching different ministries. First issue that I overserve in my soul is the regular fatigue in my emotional statues and often physical statues. Second is...

I had the privilege to shepherd teenagers and twenty years olds in a mega church setting for 15 years. Personal encounters seem to show certain labels about this y-alpha generation true, such as negation of authority as a emotional and spiritual reflex action and acceptance of universalism with supe...