GOD’S LOVE: UNCONDITIONAL OR CONDITIONAL – PART 1
Pure Love The need for love is embedded deep in the psychology of the human soul. We all long to find unconditional love and acceptance. But we also sense it’s complicated. Narcissists and Empaths Narcissists have extremely low self-esteem, convinced they are...
WHY PASTORS SHOULD NEVER WALK ALONE – PART 7
Walking with Giants Some Giant Redwoods are the largest trees on earth and over 3,000 years old. Mentors and allies in the Christian Ministry C.S. Lewis, the formidable author, broadcaster and Christian apologist is often quoted as saying, “We read to learn we are not...
WHY PASTORS SHOULD NEVER WALK ALONE PART 6
Does your church structure stifle the life of the Spirit? Many pastors today are being let down by their church structures. Instead of providing real relationships, they have become examples of non-relational institutional Christianity. They long for mutual...
WHY PASTORS SHOULD NEVER WALK ALONE – PART 5
Correcting a Pastoral Model in the Contemporary Church Walk with Teams I knew “the buck stops here”, with me. But I had wonderfully gifted people around me to sound out my ideas, check my leadings from the Lord, and make up for my deficiencies in ministry and wisdom,...
WHY PASTORS SHOULD NEVER WALK ALONE – Part 4
Walk With the People Isolated Pastors The idea of ordination to the ministry is, at best, unhelpful. All believers are in the ministry of Christ. The moment pastors see their ordination as giving them special powers or spiritual privileges, they unnecessarily isolate...
WHY PASTORS SHOULD NEVER WALK ALONE – Part 3
Walking with Sacred Companions We were never intended to make the life pilgrimage alone. And attempting to make the spiritual journey on our own is particularly hazardous. Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship & Direction (David G. Benner) In this...
WHY PASTORS SHOULD NEVER WALK ALONE – Part 2
The Garden of Your Soul In the last post, I touched on the need for those in pastoral ministry to resist the lone ranger approach. I highlighted an unfortunate tradition in many churches of looking at the Pastor as the one who is “in sole charge of the church”. Apart...
CHURCH LIFE: Prophetic Words for 2023
There will be a great shaking of ecclesiastical and denominational structures, as well as the promise of revival-type blessing for all churches and denominations which open up to the Holy Spirit. New expressions and new forms of church life and ministry will arise,...