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Dear Pastor, One thing I know about life and ministry is that you carry a heavy load. You carry it for yourself, family, friends and for your congregation. Somedays, by the amazing grace of God, it seems like the load is so light that you forget it’s even there and thank God for the joyContinue reading “Heavy Loads”

Dear Pastor,  Life and ministry can be really, really hard. There are expectations, obligations, emergencies, obstacles, opportunities and more!  And as we seek to navigate through all of this and yet remain faithful to God and to our calling, we make mistakes. We make mistakes of judgment, we make mistakes of stewardship, we make mistakesContinue reading “Do you give yourself grace?”

I think Coke is better than Pepsi.  I also prefer Ford to Chevy. Cookies are always better than pie. And I’ve already alienated a bunch of you. But here is the point: we all have opinions. We all have preferences. We all have things we like more or less than other things.  But what areContinue reading “Everyone has an opinion”

Let’s face it, in this world people look down upon or judge people because they are different in age, race or gender. Furthermore it seems that people look down upon others because of the different accomplishments, socio-economic status or skills/talents. I want to write this blog post to encourage you to not let people lookContinue reading “Do not let anyone look down on you”

Dear Pastor, I know you understand what I am talking about.  You reach down deep, you try with all your might and you still just don’t have anything else to give. Whether it is to your congregation, your friends or your family, you just know that no matter how much you want to help themContinue reading “Pastor Encouragement – When you have nothing to give”

Now what? Unless you are living alone on a deserted island or have no feelings or are invincible, something in this life has “happened” to you. You may have been fired, been told off, been in an accident, come down with a sickness, lived during a pandemic, had a fallout in one of your relationshipsContinue reading “Now what?”

Dear Pastor, What do you do when your friends, parishioners you love and respect, people who support you in every other way, don’t show up to Bible studies, worship services and ministry events that you have planned? I’m not talking about people who are on the fence, running from God or openly antagonistic towards you,Continue reading “When they don’t show up”

Dear Pastor, Here is the difficult news: you will always have someone who thinks you should be doing something different than you are.  Don’t worry about that. You don’t live or minister to make them happy. You aren’t seeking their approval. You won’t stand before them on judgment day. There is something that is commonContinue reading “When they don’t approve”

Dear pastor, What do you do when you are discouraged? Aimless? Lifeless? What do you do when you are tired? Stressed? Feeling like you just don’t have any strength left? What do you do when you just don’t know what to do? My guess is that you have asked these questions a few times inContinue reading “So many tough questions”

If there was only one message that I could give to people, it would be this.  There is a misnomer that God only comes to bless your life and give you gifts, abundance and fulfillment. In one sense people far and wide have come to adopt a “health, wealth and prosperity” gospel without realizing it. Continue reading “Pursue peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord”