Each October, churches across our country show appreciation to their pastor. As a pastor, I’m…
Lots of things get said in a Sunday morning worship service. Welcomes are given. Songs…
Throughout all of history, people have always held the propensity to lose focus. Unfortunately, God’s…
Psalm 42 opens Book II of the Psalms with the visual of a deer longing…
I was young. I was highly educated. (I had just earned a Ph.D. from New…
One day I listened to a sermon that altered the direction of my life in…
I love to listen to the prayers of others. I listen to how they pray…
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Frequently Asked Questions – How is This Relevant to Me?
September 15, 2017
This blog is the seventh in a series of posts on questions that I get…
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The Pastoral Prayer – Putting the Pastoral Prayer into Practice
September 11, 2017
In my previous post, I made a case for incorporating a pastoral prayer into the…
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The Pastoral Prayer – A Case for the Pastoral Prayer in Worship
September 8, 2017
A cursory survey of today’s evangelical worship would reveal a range of elements, most prominently…