Journey Pastoral Coaching

Minister Health Part Two In my previous article, I addressed the essential elements needed for living a healthy life in vocational ministry today. As a pastoral coach […]

Minister Health – Part One In my previous article, I presented the results of Journey’s conversations with small groups of young ministers across America on the good […]

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 […]

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 h […]

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 th […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 f […]

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 […]

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 […]

The 2023 Journey Survey on Preaching In September, we invited Journey members and non-Journey members, vocational ministers (credential holders) and all Christians […]

Block The Exits! Pastors Heading for the Doors! In March 2023, The Barna Group reported the following:  “New Barna data shows that pastors’ confidence and satisfaction in their voca […]

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 […]

Fade to Gray: Young Ministers Going Away I have a friend who started a retirement account many years ago, one of those something-something-Bs. He thought it best to prepare for the […]

The Audience of One Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they […]

He Trains My Hands for War It was a Sunday I’ll never forget.  As a staff pastor, I had just finished leading worship in our morning service. As I did every Su […]

Charnock's Easter Egg – The Glory of God & Life in the Plural When God and His glory are made our end, we shall find a silent likeness pass in upon us; the beauty of God will, by degrees, enter upon our […]

Pastors Should Not Be Leaders Eugene Peterson (best known for “The Message”) in his book titled “Letters to a Young Pastor,” a compilation of letters from him to his son […]

Pastors, We Need You – Member Blog EDITOR’S NOTE: In addition to writing, Lydia Jay and her husband pastor Harrison Avenue Assembly of God in Harrison, OH. Along with their […]

Ministering to Youth and Children With Trauma – Member Blog EDITOR’S NOTE: Hannah Horst serves as a US missionary and Orphan Care Chaplain with the Assemblies of God. You and your church can support t […]