With the national conversation shifting to the question of ending the quarantine, pastors find their burden not lifted, but shifted as well. And deepened. As they shepherd their people in quarantine, they are asking how they will Psalm 23-shepherd through the transition back to normal. They are asking what the new normal will look like […]
As a pastoral coach, I spend countless hours in conversation with our ministry’s target group, young ministers. It’s who we are; it’s what we do. And it’s a joy. These conversations are focused on helping our members in their ministry lives. Through regularly scheduled and special phone calls, I join their journeys and help them […]
I remember the anxiety that filled our nation. People were dying. We knew the name of the infection that was killing them. But we didn’t really know how the disease was spreading. And killing. And because we didn’t know with certitude, the rumor mill raced in to fill the void. The black hole of curiosity and […]
INTRODUCTION One year ago this month, Journey Pastoral Coaching published an article entitled, “The World Will End in 23 Years (The Church World).” In that piece, I cited statistics on the graying of the American pulpit. How gray are we going? This gray: “By the time your son or daughter, born today, graduates from college, the average […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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