Guest Blog: The Modern Christian
The Problem: Feeble Arms and Weak Knees Editor's Note: As Journey Pastoral Coaching begins 2020, we do so with an article written by a JPC member. In it, the author has one eye on the past and one eye on the future: the past - the troubling announcements in 2019 by celebrity leaders in the church that they are "leaving the faith;" the future - what all of us can do to stay strong in...
Journey’s Best Reads of 2019
As 2019 comes to a close, we offer our list of favorite reads for the year. As we have always done, this is not a list of books published in 2019, but books readin 2019, whatever the publishing year. If a book is on this list, I recommend you give it a read in 2020. In 2019 we once again read a number of good books, a few great books, some why-the-big-deal books, and a couple of why-was-this-ever-published...
Journey’s 2019 Missionaries’ Christmas Wish List
Special Announcement: AG News, the official news outlet of the Assemblies of God recently released an article on the ministry of Journey. You can read this brief article by clicking here or on the article photo above Introduction Along with my wife and two daughters, it was my great privilege to serve as a missionary for twenty years. Our family’s years in missionary service were wonderful ones, though they most certainly had their challenges. What...
Journey’s 2019 Pastors’ Christmas Wish List – Part II
In our previous article, we presented twenty gift ideas for your pastor as suggested by some of history’s most faithful pastors. This wish list from faithful pastors of history includes twenty more gifts you can give your pastor, gifts that will not only be a blessing to him or her, but to you, your church, and the world. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: AG News, the official news outlet of the Assemblies of God recently released an article on...
Journey’s 2019 Pastors’ Christmas List – Part I
When we were children, we carefully wrote our Christmas wish lists. Some of us even kept lists throughout the year. As Christmas approached, we would share them with our parents, telling them, “If I could just have these gifts I’d be happy for the rest of my life!” At eight years of age, I remember saying, “If Santa would just being me this G.I. Joe and a Stingray set up for my bike, I wouldn’t ever ask...
A Word From JPC Members
At Journey, this November means two great occasions: 1. Thanksgiving: the opportunity to reflect on the blessings of God in our lives and thank Him. As we like to say at Journey, we thank God for the grace He gives us directly and indirectly: grace direct from His heart to us; grace given by Him to us through others. Direct and indirect, we have so much to be thankful for: eternal life, abundant life, precious promises, and people. ...Built to Last
This month, Journey Pastoral Coaching turns not five years old, but five years strong. It’s hard to believe, but as of this month, Journey celebrates FIVE years of ministry to U40 ministers across America and overseas. We truly thank God for all He has done, not just in giving us these five years, but in giving us a thriving five years: God has done and is doing great things in and through Journey. Five years ago, some told us JPC wouldn'tlast...
A Pastor of Pastors Remembers His Pastors
October is Pastor appreciation month, a month when we make a special effort as churches and individuals to thank our pastors for their ministry to us as undershepherds of Jesus Christ. Every Christian's life is meant to be a parable of Jesus. But pastors are particularly suited to this because so much of our lives are spent doing what Jesus did in His life. An adequate definition of pastoral ministry emphasizes following Jesus as the act...
U40 Influencers
INTRODUCTION TO THE SURVEY Recently we asked U40ministers to name the individuals who have been the most positive influencers in their life. We asked them two questions: 1. “Who has had the most positive influence on your life? (Excluding wife or husband). 2. “In one or two sentences, how did this person so positively influence you?” Journey offered the following list of influencers from which respondents could select. Respondents were permitted to select one to three influencers:...© [2015] — Journey Pastoral Coaching