Journey Pastoral Coaching

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 […]

I remember the anxiety that filled our nation.  People were dying. We knew the name of the infection that was killing them. But we didn’t know, really know, how the disease was spreading. And k […]

INTRODUCTION

One year ago this month, Journey Pastoral Coaching published an article entitled, “The World Will End in 23 Years (The Church World).”

In that piece, I cited statistics on the graying of […]

As a part of JPC’s mission, each month we ask our members to answer what we call an “Insight Question.” The purposes of the JPC monthly IQ are simple:

1.  To coach the coach:  

Journey members’ r […]

THE JOURNEY INSIGHT QUESTION

As a part of JPC’s mission, we ask our members each month to answer what we call an “Insight Question.” From time to time we open our “IQs” to non-member U40s. However, […]

An Open Letter to Journey Pastoral Coaching Members

I’ll say it yet again: The number one killer of ministers is loneliness.

As painfully described in an article I posted just today on my personal […]

The Problem: Feeble Arms and Weak Knees

Editor’s Note: As Journey Pastoral Coaching begins 2020, we do so with an article written by a JPC member. In it, the author has one eye on the past and one eye […]

As 2019 comes to a close, we offer our list of favorite reads for the year. As we have always done, this is not a list of books published in 2019, but books readin 2019, whatever the publishing year. If a bo […]

Special Announcement:

 AG News, the official news outlet of the Assemblies of God recently released an article on the ministry of Journey. You can read this brief article by clicking here or on the […]

In our previous article, we presented twenty gift ideas for your pastor as suggested by some of history’s most faithful pastors. This wish list from faithful pastors of history includes twenty more gifts y […]

When we were children, we carefully wrote our Christmas wish lists. Some of us even kept lists throughout the year.  As Christmas approached, we would share them with our parents, telling them, “If I cou […]

At Journey, this November means two great occasions:

1. Thanksgiving: the opportunity to reflect on the blessings of God in our lives and thank Him. 

As we like to say at Journey, we thank God for t […]

This month, Journey Pastoral Coaching turns not five years old, but five years strong.  It’s hard to believe, but as of this month, Journey celebrates FIVE years of ministry to U40 ministers across America and ov […]

October is Pastor appreciation month, a month when we make a special effort as churches and individuals to thank our pastors for their ministry to us as undershepherds of Jesus Christ.  

Every C […]

INTRODUCTION TO THE SURVEY

Recently we asked U40ministers to name the individuals who have been the most positive influencers in their life. We asked them two questions:

1.  “Who has had the mos […]

The Bible You’ve Been Looking For!

EDITOR:  Unknown to many, Journey Pastoral Coaching has a small group of theologians who gather from time to time to discuss recent releases in theological works. They r […]

The recent news of young Christian leaders who are renouncing their faith in the Crucified and Risen Savior is troubling, to say the very least. It is troubling for at least three reasons:

1.  The damage t […]

Editor’s Note: Journey is pleased to announce that our new resource for pastors, “When the Call Comes: A Pastor’s Guide to Funerals” has just been released. This book (paper and ebook formats) helps ministe […]

Sharing the Journey With Those Who Mourn

Editor’s Note: Journey is pleased to announce that our new resource for pastors, “When the Call Comes: A Pastor’s Guide to Funerals” has just been released. This […]

BEFORE WE REVEAL THE WHYS . . .

The number one killer of ministers is isolation. Isolated ministers – ministers who walk alone – don’t survive, much less thrive.  They may remain in the ministry, but they end […]