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In a smaller, aging congregation I have struggled to get the few men of my church engaged in faithful Bible Study. This past year we began a Men’s Bible Study & Breakfast. The focus of our study was on the life and leadership of Moses. An older gentleman in my church, who has a particularly lo...

I just returned from a week’s vacation at the beach with my extended family. My brother and sister’s families each spent close to a month of their income to rent a house right on the beach. For a fifth of the cost my wife and I rented a house nearby. Every house in the area we visited was rented...

I am intrigued by the observation that shepherds lead their flocks from different positions in different circumstances. My default position as a shepherd has been to lead from beside. I have often wanted my congregation to see me as “one of them.� As we navigated some very difficult decisions in...

"Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.'" (Matthew 19:14 NIV) Children have great value in the ministry of Jesus and in his kingdom. In many congregations, children are segregated from mainstream ministry...

I knew there were wolves when I started as a young pastor. I called them sharks at the time. However, in my naivete I thought I could simply ignore the wolves and they would go away. I was afraid of conflict, and was mostly interested in preserving my own status in the congregation against the wolve...