My Baptist friend, Dr. Ed Stetzer (Mr. Ed as we respectfully call him) spoke to 150 of our Every Nation American pastors, campus missionaries, and church planters in Nashville 2 weeks ago. Good conf. Good message from Ed. Here are some Ed quotes from our conf: It is...
Sometimes working in ministry can start to feel more like work and less like ministry. Prayer seems to solve that. At our Nashville ministry office, some of us are starting to fast and pray together every Thursday during the lunch hour. Last Thursday, I prayed in the...
Got some questions and comments about my last blog that I want to comment on, so here’s another follow-up. . . Q: With so many venues and so many services, why does your church only use live preachers rather than video? A: While I have no problem with multi-site...
Yesterday I posted a preaching tips blog about sermon prep, and the response from both my regular readers was so underwhelming, that I decided to stick with the same topic another day. . . When I talk about preparation, I’m talking about 2 things:1. Preparing...
While at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, yesterday, I watched a clip of Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech. Clinton referenced it several times in his library intro vid. Watching MLK, Jr. made me think about...
A young pastor recently asked me to help him with his sermon prep skills. We met at Panera Bread, across the street from my office. The more we talked about his 60–70 hour work week, the more I realized that sermon prep was not the pressing issue in his life, and our...
