Easter Is for the Weary Pastor, Too
It’s Wednesday of Easter week. You tired yet, pastor? By this point, you’ve probably shifted into weekend ministry mode, especially if your church is having Thursday or Friday services preceding E...
12 Truths for Your Church Staff to Remember This Easter
Easter week can be a bit of a whirlwind. Pastors and church leaders can get so deep into the details and planning for all that is going to happen this weekend that we can lose sight of some big pic...
5 Ways to Pray for Your Easter Weekend as a Pastor
Holy Week, the week between Palm Sunday and Easter, rivals the week of Christmas as the busiest year in the church calendar for most pastors and church leaders. A week that, for congregants, is mar...
3 Keys to Creating a Hospitable Small Group
Hospitality was vitally important to the spread of the gospel in the days when the church was just beginning to flourish because when traveling to a new area, people were at the mercy of the people...
4 Steps Toward Year-Round Discipleship
You’ve heard (and maybe said) things like “following Jesus isn’t just a Sunday morning event—it’s a year-round commitment.” But I’ve been challenged to consider what our ministry year subtly commun...
4 Steps in March for Your Next Rooted Session
Easter predictably brings a spike in church attendance, and with that spike comes responsibility for the church. We need to remember that times of high attendance are times of high opportunity. How...
3 Reasons Churches Overcomplicate Discipleship Strategy
Simplicity is a beautiful thing. It’s also a very elusive thing. We live in a day and time when everything seems to be more complex than the next thing, whether in terms of technology, relationship...