Journey Pastoral Coaching

Journey Members’ Christmas Wishes for their Ministry Peers Every December, Journey Pastoral Coaching posts Christmas wishes for ministers. These are requests we are asking God to grant to His […]

Journey's Best Reads of 2025 As we turn the final pages of the book on 2025, I offer my annual list of favorite reads for the year. This was another great reading year […]

Reading Effectively as a Pastor When we were missionaries in France and Belgium, we discovered one of Europe’s most wonderful secrets: its book villages. Towns like […]

Solitude There was a moment during the COVID-19 pandemic I will never forget. I was in my car, a few blocks from my house, returning from a quick […]

Shepherds After God’s Own Heart: A Pastor Appreciation Story As he does every morning, a young pastor rises early. He can do so because last evening, he went to bed early, focused on beginning this day […]

Engaging the Cloud of Witnesses Introduction Our relationship with God is often characterized as a journey. The Old Testament authors frequently spoke of two […]

Another Pastor Another Mistress My heart sank. No, please, Lord, not another one. Not another minister of the Gospel who surrendered his call to run off with a […]

Simplicity The Antidote to Our Self-Made Chaos EDITOR’S NOTE: The writer of this article, Josh Havens, lives in the Springfield, MO area with his […]

I Am A Recovering Missionary Editor’s Note: As spring turned to summer this year, we outlined a series of six stories from the experiences of our founder-director, who, a […]

Redeemed When Suicide Became Salvation in Belgium Editor’s Note: This is Part Five in Journey’s summer series, “Stories From the World of Missi […]

Smuggling the Scriptures in Asia Editor’s Note: This is Part Four in Journey’s summer series, “Stories From the World of Missions.” Every two weeks this summer, we publish […]

When God Broke Into a Brussels Prison Editor’s Note: This is Part Three in Journey’s summer series, “Stories From the World of Missions.” Every two weeks this summer, we publish […]

A Stone Chapel in Brussels. 3 Muslim Women. And God Editor’s Note: This is Part Two in Journey’s summer series, “Stories From the World of Missions.” Every two weeks this summer, we will pub […]

WHEN GOD BEGAN A NEW THING IN UKRAINE EDITOR’S NOTE: Beginning with this post, Journey begins a summer series, “Stories From the World of Missions.” Every two weeks this summer, […]

Lost In The Ministry I am a pastoral coach. For over ten years, I have invested my life in walking with young pastors across America and overseas. In general, […]

The Joy of Caring for Our Pastors GOD’S GIFT I’ve been married for 44 years. Some years ago, it dawned on me that God had not only given me a wonderful wife, but He had […]

Stewarding Your Pastor In my two most recent articles, I’ve addressed the important issue of stewarding our pastors. (Click on the links to read each): The J […]

The Best of Times. The Worst of Times. The first paragraph of “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens is one of the most recognizable openings in literature. It’s words are evo […]

Survey: Young Ministers and Pastoral Compensation At Journey Pastoral Coaching, we are focused on helping young ministers build strong for a lifetime of healthy and effective ministry. We […]

Sunshine and Rainbows Raindrops pattered softly on my windshield. In front of me were dark clouds and more rain. Yet the blinding sun was reflecting in my rearview […]