Finishing Strong in Ministry (part 1 of 4)
“I have finished the race.” II Timothy 4:7 NKJV [this is part 1 of a 4 part series] Did you know that over half of those who enter the...
Pastors, Don’t Neglect Your Family For Your Ministry
One of the disturbing trends I have witnessed in ministry comes from pastors who neglect their families for their churches. It would seem...
The Absence of Arrogance
“By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life.” – Proverbs 22:4 Someone asked Katherine Graham, Washington D.C....
Do You Treat Your Wife in an Understanding Way?
LESSONS LEARNED FROM 57 YEARS OF MARRIAGE AND MINISTRY “In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wife. Treat her with...
Do You Need To Re-Calibrate?
“But let a man examine himself...” – I Corinthians 11:28 “But let each one examine his own work...” – Galatians 6:5. Several nights ago,...
Substitutes for His Presence
“In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” – Psalm 16:11 Some time ago, I had a dream where I...
Burnout, Busyness, & Being
A Note of Encouragement, Especially for God’s Ministering Servants… “Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy,...
“Whose church is this anyway?”
At one of my lowest points in fifty-seven years of ministry, I was praying (actually complaining to God) about the terrible condition of...
Shelved as a Senior?
As I have recently observed my 79th birthday and entered my 80th year, several verses from the Psalms have become especially meaningful...
October is Clergy Appreciation Month
“...honoring those who labor among us.” (I Thessalonians 5:12) “...but encouraging one another, and so much the more as you see the day...