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June 2021

June 27, 2021

How to Prepare a Sermon When You are a Bivocational Pastor

After 18 years of pastoring full-time, I stepped away from leadership, got a full-time job...

June 21, 2021

The One Thing You Cannot Leave out of Your Funeral Sermon

When I was younger, after preaching a couple of family funerals and weddings, I asked...

October 2018

October 12, 2018

The Weight of Being a Pastor

Do you have a Bible verse that jumps off the page at you every time...

September 2018

September 17, 2018

What Do You Do When You Preach a Bad Sermon?

Every Sunday, when I finish preaching and come back to my seat in the second...

August 2018

August 28, 2018

When Pastors Walk Through a Dark Night of the Soul

Yesterday, many of us were struck by the news of a young pastor’s suicide. It...

August 01, 2017

How to Keep Your Sanity in the Ministry

For those who labor in service of the church, the ministry can become all-consuming. You...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

7 Questions to Ask Before Posting about Politics on Social Media

Political discussions have dominated social media for several years now and only seem to be...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

What Do You Do if the Sunday Sermon Was Bad?

In an honest moment at lunch after church this past Sunday I slammed my hand...

July 2016

July 17, 2016

Pastors, Your Labor is Not in Vain

My freshman year of college started with my giving attention to everything but studies and...

June 2016

June 06, 2016

To the Discouraged and Weary Pastor

“Discouragement is an occupational hazard of Christian ministry.” John Stott may be able to lay...

April 2016

April 18, 2016

Why We Need Anonymous, Plodding Church Planters

Our church sits in the most unchurched county in the state of Alabama. While “unchurched”...

March 2016

March 21, 2016

Six Foolish Things I Used to Believe about the Ministry

This year is my fourteenth year working as a full-time pastor and either served on...

January 2016

January 25, 2016

48 Scattered Thoughts about Pastoral Ministry and Being a Pastor

By God’s grace I have been able to be a pastor for the last thirteen...

November 2015

November 04, 2015

How to Preach in an Age of Sporadic Attendance Patterns

Recently many have noted the decline in overall church attendance. Fewer people attend church on...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

What I Learned from My Pastors

Like many pastors my age, if you were to ask who influenced me I would...

October 22, 2014

Resolution on Prison Reform in Alabama

In three weeks Southern Baptists from all over Alabama will gather at Lakeside Baptist Church...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

What I Wish I Would Have Known About Church Planting Before I Got Started

When you think about places that need new churches, heavily Republican leaning counties in Alabama...

November 2013

November 14, 2013

If I Were to Preach at a Pastors’ Conference

This post has been stirring in my heart for a couple of years. It’s not...

October 2013

October 23, 2013

Pastors, Stop Overhyping Your Sundays

I’m not sure if it happens in everyone else’s social media feeds or if it...

September 2013

September 29, 2013

Fighting Depression with Creation

Our family is on vacation this week and it has been just what the doctor...

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