Journey Pastoral Coaching

Missional Community: Reports From the Front Lines Part I Journey Pastoral Coaching is a missional community. No, we are not a community whose members live and work together in the same locale. But […]

Legacy Twice a year at Journey Pastoral Coaching, we leave our usual individual call format to convene small group conversations on subjects of […]

Extremists In the Church of Jesus Christ “If we preach the whole counsel of God, we shall be accused of extremism, not only by the world but also by a professing Church that cannot e […]

A Plea to Hurting Pastors “Many pastors confide to me that they are merely surviving. They feel incompetent to do what they are expected to do week after week. . . F […]

With a World of Millions to Reach, Jesus Mentored Twelve. There are those who regard mentoring as only personal or ministry development. Others see it as a hand-holding exercise.  During His […]

9 Questions COVID-19 Hand Delivered to the CHURCH NOTE: This article is a part of Journey’s Summer Sabbatical Series, a follower-favorite article from the past that we’re posting again. In […]

Cross-Coaching: A Post, A Beam, A Nail. NOTE: This article is a part of Journey’s Summer Sabbatical Series, a follower-favorite article from the past that we’re posting again. This […]

The Failure to Thrive Syndrome In their book, “Among Friends,” James Hinkle and Tim Woodroof cite a 1945 study conducted by social scientist, René Spitz. The study track […]

Sabbatical TAKE MY OWN MEDICINE? NOTE: As we share below, Journey is on summer sabbatical until August 1. We will return at that time with fresh […]

The End of the Church World – The 2021 Update INTRODUCTION Two years ago, and again last year, Journey Pastoral Coaching published an article entitled, “The World Will End in 23 Y […]

Not a Tame Lion In the Easter season we look to, meditate on, and celebrate three of the four most important days in history: the death of Jesus Christ, the […]

This is The Way In the TV series, The Mandalorian, the title character and those of his kind are readily identified not only by their distinctive armor of […]

U40 Ministers: How Will the Church Best & Least Shine in 2021? 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 m […]

U40 MINISTERS WEIGH IN: HOW DID THE CHURCH BEST & LEAST SHINE IN 2020 Journey Pastoral Coaching surveyed U40 ministers (ministers under 40 years of age) on the health of the American evangelical church and its […]

Where Have You Gone, Martin Niemöller? A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to You. “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, a […]

JPC SURVEY: PASTORS REFLECT ON 2020, PROJECT INTO 2021 – PART TWO During December, Journey asked pastors, their spouses, and ministers who work directly with pastors to reflect and project: reflect on the […]

JPC SURVEY: PASTORS REFLECT ON 2020, PROJECT INTO 2021 INTRODUCTION During December, Journey asked pastors, their spouses, and ministers who work with pastors to reflect and project: […]

Journey's Best Reads of 2020 As 2020 comes to a close, we offer this list of favorite reads for the year. As always, this is not a list of favorite books published  in 20 […]

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, […]

Living & Leading In A Dark Winter For such a time as this? Even in a dark winter? Recently, a national politician spoke of America living in a “dark winter.” He […]