There are days that this pastoring thing is more than all right, I tell ya. Oh, there are plenty of days when one looks skyward and thinks to themself: “So, this is what you’ve called me to, eh, Big ...
Six lay academics from around the world will address a conference in Rome Saturday on how to bring clarity to a controversial chapter of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of ...
How do we understand the ways our presence affects others? Most of our culture lives in a deficit of self-awareness. On this episode of The Art of Pastoring, Ronnie Martin and Jared Wilson explore the ...
As the COVID-19 crisis drags on, many church leaders find themselves tired, discouraged, and anxious regarding the long-term implications of this pandemic. Pastors are wondering how they can apply ...
(RNS) — In 2020, attendance was soaring at Emerywood Baptist Church in High Point, North Carolina. Giving was steady. The church was getting ready to send more than 25 people on a mission trip. Then ...
I am one of the few people I know who have been able to do what they most wanted to do in life. For the last four years, I have had the rare, joyful and privileged opportunity to pastor a Catholic ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Researcher and author, Eileen Campbell-Reed conducted a 22-month qualitative study of over 100 Christian pastors and lay leaders (2020-22). She found church leaders experienced ...
I really hadn’t thought about it until she asked me. She’s a close friend and the sort of person who is both repulsed by cable news and can’t look away, the type this 24-hour cycle was created for. I ...
A woman called me in my role as the pastor of a large suburban parish and asked if she could come to talk. I had officiated at her wedding several years before and knew a bit of her background. She ...
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - 4.5 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in November according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. What's being called the great resignation is impacting industries ...