Category: Ministry
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A Fatherless Generation
I continue to slowly re-read Nouwen’s Wounded Healer. This is one of the best books on Christian leadership I have ever read. It feels like Nouwen is peering into the window of my soul as he writes and perfectly describing the human condition as I experience it. In the second chapter, he attempts to characterize…
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Prophet, Priest, and King
It can be argued that there were three primary offices or stations of leadership within Ancient Israel. They were prophet, priest, and king (included here is the role of judge, which was the precursor to king). When Jesus came, he fulfilled all three of these roles. He is called the prophet in the gospels, he…
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Becoming Friends
There’s nothing like a close friend. When we were in seminary at Gordon-Conwell and after Mary and I were just married, we were friends with three other couples who were all living in the same on-campus residence. We shared values, interests, life-stage, cultural backgrounds, missions in life, and location! We also had unorthodox schedules because…
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Great Preaching Articles
I recently came across this series of articles by Lori Carrell. She is a professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin. These articles are the results of research done for a Lily-endowed Center for Excellence in Congregational Leadership. She did a survey of more than 10,000 sermon listeners and a number of pastors as…