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September 2007

September 26, 2007

Dinner

At a dinner with some friends last evening we had a question, which we didn't...

August 2007

August 13, 2007

Burnout for Pastors

I recently got the suggestion to make available information about a pastor's retreat center from...

July 2007

July 09, 2007

Missional Youth Ministry? A Letter (added “and Response”)

Here's another letter used with permission. I'll reply later, but what would you say --...

June 2007

June 21, 2007

When Student Becomes Friend

One of my former students, Kent Palmer, was once asked, "What is your relationship with...

June 18, 2007

Teaching Freedom in Seminary

My post last week on thinking about going to seminary unleashed a bag full of...

June 15, 2007

Thinking of Seminary?

I had lunch with one of my former students, one who graduated one month ago,...

May 2007

May 24, 2007

Educating Youth Pastors

Here's yet another letter that, with permission, I'll post here. I have some ideas on...

May 23, 2007

Pastoring vs. Professoring

Another letter, now opened for us all, and something worthy of conversation: Hi Scot, Any...

March 2007

March 21, 2007

The Big “You” and the Bible 2

Pastors, this one's for you -- non-pastors, this one's also for you. Mark Powell's book,...

March 19, 2007

The Big “You” and the Bible 1

We Protestants teach everyone this: You must read the Bible for yourself. Of course, we...

December 2006

December 19, 2006

Doubting Pastors

It is not uncommon for me to get a letter from a leader or a...

November 2006

November 17, 2006

Driscoll responds

I was delighted to see that Mark Driscoll has publicly responded on his blog to...

November 15, 2006

Loving the Difficult

Recently I received the following letter from a pastor; let's all look this situation over,...

November 06, 2006

Ted Haggard and the Evangelical Environment

Most of us probably watched the gospel tragedy unfold this last weekend, and many of...

October 2006

October 26, 2006

Preaching and Preachers

Who are your favorite preachers? When I was in college, I loved to hear a...

October 05, 2006

Youth Ministry: Where’s it going?

Marko has tagged me. He asks me to record some reflections on what youth ministry...

September 2006

September 18, 2006

To Single or Not to Single?

I had a fantastic conversation recently with Steve Burdan about singles, singles again, and the...

August 2006

August 27, 2006

Theocentric Church

Gene Appel preached last night about fear, and he explored that theme through Mark 4:35-41....

August 13, 2006

Ben Franklin and Plagiarized Sermons

This from RJS: It is amazing how the same things keep coming up - another...

August 05, 2006

Sermons and Plagiarism

The NY Times ran an article about pastors swiping sermons from sermon sources, and then...

June 2006

June 20, 2006

J. Frye’s Jesus the Pastor 8

This is my last post on J. Frye's wonderful book, Jesus the Pastor. I will...

June 19, 2006

J. Frye’s Jesus the Pastor 7

In chps. 8 and 9 of J. Frye's book we encounter one central theme --...

June 19, 2006

J. Frye’s Jesus the Pastor 7

In chps. 8 and 9 of J. Frye's book we encounter one central theme --...

June 16, 2006

J. Frye’s Jesus the Pastor 6

When I opened J. Frye's Jesus the Pastor Wednesday evening for the next reading, I...

June 16, 2006

J. Frye’s Jesus the Pastor 6

When I opened J. Frye's Jesus the Pastor Wednesday evening for the next reading, I...

June 15, 2006

J. Frye’s Jesus the Pastor 5

One of the reasons I'm blogging through this book is that it was written by...

June 13, 2006

J. Frye’s Jesus the Pastor 3

Where does the pastor, and nearly every one I've met has struggles with this one,...

June 12, 2006

J. Frye’s Jesus the Pastor 2

John Frye's excellent, Jesus the Pastor, raises two major issues, the value and role of...

June 09, 2006

J. Frye’s Jesus the Pastor 1

I will be looking at John Frye's 2000 book Jesus the Pastor: Leading Others in...

May 2006

May 18, 2006

Youth Pastors and the Gospel

I had a delightful time with the youth pastors up above Estes Park Tuesday morning....