Publications

It's been my privilege to have some things published around the web.  Here a links to a few of them.


For the Church

Why the Pastor Needs a Council of Historians

What's Left When a Church Closes  

What kind of Problem is it?

Laboring for Maturity

What Church Revitalization Really Means

Update to Pilgrim's Progress

The Pulpit and the Cliff

The Order Matters

Preach like Carl Sagan, not Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Ordinary Things

Big Data and the Holy Spirit

Christ Puts a comma where the world puts a period

Five Resources every rural church needs 

Old Books, New Books, and Trends that Fade Away

LifeWay Pastors 

How to Find Landmines in your church

Principles for Recalibrating Your Ministry Vision

5 Changes Your Church Must Make Right Now

Three Types of People You Meet in a Small Town

Why Pastors Should Go to Summer Youth Camp

How to Thrive as a Type B Pastor

3 Ways to Avoid Pastoral Baggage

Why I keep a jar of dirt on my desk

The world needs more people willing to be forgotten

The most important aspect of your ministry

Catching the Hywl

How VBS helps more than just kids

Do you feel overshadowed in ministry?  

Why giving thanks prepares you for what's next

Three Pain Points of Small Town Ministry

Your Ministry Will Outlast You

Strangers in a Small Church: Responding to Visitors in an Age of Violence

How Not to Use Texting in Ministry

3 Reminders You are Not in Control of Your Ministry

Is Your Church Burying the Gospel? 

God Provides Through the Miraculous and the Mundane

How To Drive Home the Right Sermon Points

When the Numbers Don't Add Up - Pastoral Math

Are You Exploiting Your Church?

Your Greatest Ministry Saboteur

When You're Discontent With Your Ministry Assignment

Why Stay at a church that hurts?  

Don't use a sword when a trowel will do

Good Leadership Creates Problems

Unity is a Command

3 Ways Pastors Can Make Ministry Harder Than It Already Is

BAPTIST PRESS

Step up to the mic!  



Open Windows Devotional, Winter 2019