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March 15, 2024
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The Good, the Bad, & The Healthy
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE HEALTHY OF LIFE IN VOCATIONAL MINISTRY "The life of the minister is the life of his ministry." Albert Martin We recently sat down with small groups of young ministers from across America and talked life in vocational ministry. Our discussion focused on three subjects: 1. What are the best parts of life in vocational ministry? 2. What are the hardest parts of life in vocational ministry? 3. What are...
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March 1, 2024
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Will You Not Revive Us Again, O Lord?
Are you hearing what I’m hearing? America is on the verge of a great revival! All the signs indicate we are on the precipice of a history-making revival of never-before-seen proportions! “Revive your church, oh Lord, beginning with me.” Augustine A REVIVAL STORY. OR IS IT? When God called our family to serve as missionaries to Europe, we left a church we loved dearly. This church was not a “thing” to us but a people....My Home Church Closed. A True Story.
I read the news today; oh boy About another church that failed the grade. And yes, the news was rather sad I found no reason there to laugh. My home church closed. Even as I type these words, I can’t believe it. And yet, I know it's true. After 48 years of ministry, the church where I was formed in Christ forever closed its doors. The interim pastor placed the keys in the hands of...Predictions for the Church in 2024
With 2024 only days old, here are my predictions for the Evangelical church in America this year. My predictions are not presented as prophetic (we have enough of those), but as my read on the future based on present trends. There is no “God told me” in the thoughts below so you can put away your stones if time proves I have missed the mark. The sources that flowed together to form my predictions include:...
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January 15, 2024
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Starry, Starry Night 2024
CAST ADRIFT IN STORMY SEAS My wife, two young daughters (seven and four years of age), and I had just moved to the city of Tours, deep in the heart of the celebrated châteaux region of France. As first-term missionaries, we had left family, friends, and ministry in America to make a new life in the historic home of the French language. We were here to learn French language and culture, and share the Gospel...
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January 1, 2024
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A Young Pastor’s Christmas Wish List
Every Christmas at Journey, we write at least one, if not two, articles on pastors’ Christmas wishes. Last year, we wrote two articles featuring the Christmas wishes of pastors throughout the centuries. You can read those here (Part One) and here (Part Two). Because Journey’s ministry focuses on young ministers, this year, we asked Journey members - and non-Journey members - what they are “wishing” for this Christmas as they carry out their ministry. “What...Journey’s Best Reads of 2023
As we turn the final pages of 2023, I again offer my list of favorite reads for the year. As always, this is not a list of my favorite books published in 2023, but books read in 2023. If a book is on my “Best Of” list, I recommend you give it a read in 2024. Of interest, the publishing date range on this year’s reads is quite large: from 1896 (The Crowd by Gustave Le Bon) to 2024 – yes,...
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December 1, 2023
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Gratitude: The Heart’s First Response to God
Many of us – children and children at heart - write Christmas Wish Lists. And why not! People are giving gifts, so why not "wish" for the gift or gifts we’d like to see under our tree. Or the gift we’d like to see under the tree for our spouse, children, grandchildren, parents, or friends. Even more, why not also write Thanksgiving Blessing Lists? God and others continually bless us, so why not say "thank you"...The 2023 Journey Survey on Preaching
In September, we invited Journey members and non-Journey members, vocational ministers (credential holders) and all Christians (non-credential holders) to participate in a survey on preaching in the Evangelical church in America today. The survey focused on two general areas: 1. FOCUS ONE: Sermon subjects – the emphasized and the overlooked; 2. FOCUS TWO: How frequently senior pastors address 40 central doctrines. In this article, we present the results of the second focus: frequency. Sermons emphasized and overlooked...Recent Tweets
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