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Change What You Can

From research and personal experience I've come to the conclusion that in every church 16 percent of the members will never change. The tragedy is ...


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The Madness of Christian Leadership

Christian leadership is both a meaningful and maddening vocation.


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The Price of Leadership

Being a leader is wonderful. But it is not without its price.


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No Need to Feel Miserable

Often pastors feel guilty if they walk away from a problem and don't feel appropriately miserable. That's neurotic.


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Sunday Evening Let-Down

I wonder if the strong sense of frustration which comes over me so frequently on Sunday evening and to which many other parsons have confessed is merely ...


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The Reward for Our Labor

Our office is a ministry of grace and salvation. It subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude ...


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No One Here but Us Sinners

All the holy men seem to have gone off and died. There's no one left but us sinners to carry on the ministry.


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The Always-Perfect Pastor?

A few years ago, I did a book on burnout among clergy. I was looking for those factors that often made pastors, having once begun in ministry, turn away. ...


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Pastors with Doubts

This week I've been involved in one of the most interesting conversations I have had in years. A group of sixteen pastors sat in a room; these were ...


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Failure Brings Doubt

Recently I heard of a man from Jordan, a Christian who came to the United States, went through seminary, even got his doctor's degree in theology. ...


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