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"I thought they would appreciate me more..." I thought they would come to our Bible study..." "I thought that they would be at church every Sunday... " I thought people understood about tithing..." I thought they would want to try this new contemporary service..." ...

Shepherding God's people is an art. It calls for ingenuity, imagination, determination and of course, seeking God's constant direction as He leads His people. Over the years I have noticed that we as pastors "earn" different ways of leading. Many churches simply want a chaplain model and t...

As a pastor I enjoy the inner tension of being both at home among the congregation and being at peace when I am alone. Its a strange calling to live with a supposed healthy ego that other professions would consider neurotic at best, schizophrenic at worst and probably more in line with a multiple pe...

I live in Missouri. Thus, I exist to the northeast of Oklahoma. When Thunder and Twisters move through that besieged area my heart races but my eyes are glued to the weather channel. I wish I could pray every storm away... But I can't And they come. And I have to make a decision what to do in the mi...

So often I found it intriguing that Jesus was led into the Wilderness to be tempted by the Devil. That is not the intriguing part...no, the interesting aspect is that the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted, to undergo pain, to grow in dependence and to experience His own "D...