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20 Must-Reads on Pastoral Ministry Editor’s Note: In this article, we share with you the first ten books in our look at 20 Must Reads on Pastoring. We invite you to join us in […]

Lessons They COULDN'T Teach You in Seminary (EDITOR’S NOTE: During Journey Pastoral Coaching’s 2022 summer break, we’re reposting this article from 2017, a look at five lessons your […]

The Spiritual Checkup (EDITOR’S NOTE: During Journey Pastoral Coaching’s 2022 summer break, we’re reposting this article from 2019, a look at a spiritual disci […]

When God Goes Silent Editor’s Note:  The author of this article, Josh Havens, is co-founder and co-director of the online discipleship ministry, Daily Growth Di […]

The Graying of the American Pulpit: A Perfect Storm Isn't Coming. It's Here. INTRODUCTION Across all denominations, the pastorate in America is aging at an alarming rate. Every year, Journey Pastoral Coaching […]

How the Church is Canceling Itself As a full-time pastoral coach, I spend my weeks on the phone, talking with members of Journey Pastoral Coaching across the country. It is […]

Pastoral Paintings and Windows: On the Easel of the Master In his essential read, Dangerous Calling, Paul David Tripp writes: “(Pastors must) quit being a painting that (people) gaze at, and s […]

Guest Blog: Avoiding a Slow Ministry Death – 4 Essentials Editor’s Note: The author of this article, Brandon Horst, lives in the Fairfax, Virginia area where, along with his wife Hannah, he serves a […]

Burnout – Part Two In Part One of this two-part look at burnout in the ministry, we looked at two subjects: · the signs of burnout and · the causes o […]

Burnout A few months ago, I sat down with Pastor Daniel Day, host of The Daniel Day podcast. Click on the link to be directed to his always quality […]

Pastoral Abuse: The Dirty Little Secret In previous articles, I’ve written often about the graying of the pulpit in the American evangelical church. The average age of pastors is i […]

22/22 Vision: Part Two INTRODUCTION In my previous article, I identified two foundational challenges for the church: Reality and Community. We are weak and […]

22/22 Vision: Part One All indications say 2022 will be another challenging year for the American church. That means it will be another challenging year for those […]

God of Wonders Editor’s Note: Journey is pleased to announce our new resource, “Pensées: A 40-Day Devotional for Pastors,” will be released this month, […]

Pensées A 40-Day Devotional for Pastors Editor’s Note: Journey is pleased to announce our new resource, “Pensées: A 40-Day Devotional for Past […]

Journey's Best Reads of 2021 As we turn the final pages of 2021, I once again offer my list of favorite reads for the year. As always, this is not a list of my favorite […]

A Christmas Wish List for Pastors I am a pastoral coach. I have the joy of pastoring young pastors every day, all day, pastors of all kinds: lead pastors, church planters, […]

It's Time to Bring the Missionaries Home When I left pastoral ministry to become a missionary, a few pastoral colleagues told me I’d “left the ministry.” Their thinking was that […]

Interviewing With a Pastoral Search Committee So the pulpit search committee has contacted you, Pastor, and wants to sit down for a formal interview. How do you do to prepare for the […]

Missional Community: Reports From the Front Lines – Part Two This is the second of a two-part October series. October is Pastor Appreciation Month, so it seems fitting to celebrate all of the quality […]