This article is the second in a two-part series focused on the ministry of the church in 2020 and 2021, as seen through the eyes of U40 ministers (ministers under 40 years of age). In our previous article, we reported the result of a survey in which we asked U40s to tell us how the church least […]
Journey Pastoral Coaching surveyed U40 ministers (ministers under 40 years of age) on the health of the American evangelical church and its pastors. In a two-part study, we asked them to reflect on the health of the Church in 2020 and then project ahead on the health of the Church in 2021. You can click […]
“First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out, Because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out, Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out, Because I was not a […]
For such a time as this? Even in a dark winter? Recently, a national politician spoke of America living in a “dark winter.” He promised Americans that he was born for such a time as this and is able to lead the nation in this dark time. With the seeming death of virtue in America […]
INTRODUCTION In part one of this two-part series, The Death of Virtue, we saw that hypocrisy has become impossible in America today, meaningless. By and large, American society has ceased to be virtuous, no longer knows what virtue, and no longer cares. In the absence of virtue, a great void has filled the American soul, […]
NOTICE: Sometime in the early 21st Century, virtue was laid to rest in America. After a long and labored illness, and unable to sustain its fight for life, virtue succumbed to the cancer of evil. For decades, doctors had prescribed healthy diet and exercise, but its guardians, the American people, refused treatment, preferring instead that virtue […]
While attending university the first time, I worked as a customer service representative for one of the country’s best-known package delivery services. My duties included not only working with the public, but with fellow employees who loaded our center’s delivery trucks for the day’s deliveries. Even before dawn, it was a lively workplace. Several of […]
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of the local church in Wittenberg, Germany, 95 reforms he believed necessary to revitalize the universal church and restore Jesus to His rightful place as Savior and Lord in church doctrine and life. In effect, Luther grabbed the church by the throat & […]
Culture is imploding, collapsing in upon itself. Denying all absolutes and objective truth, culture is now without safeguards, consuming itself in a death spiral of spiritual and moral chaos. In his outstanding essay, “The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World,” David Wells writes: “The evangelical church has a sense that moral absolutes are evaporating […]
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 […]
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