Articles
I’ve written about 50 articles for Preaching Today, Leadership Journal, and CT Pastors. Below are a few of my favorites. If you’d like to browse all my articles at their website, click the button below.
Our Soul’s Song
Believers can begin to take forgiven sins for granted. After all, we hear about forgiveness all the time and sing about it every Sunday. On ...
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The Mother Lode of Wisdom
Pastors work the mines of wisdom day in and day out without realizing just how rich we’re getting. Studying, contemplating, and applying Scripture as we ...
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When the Elder Brother Celebrates
Who can grasp how rich we are in Christ? As long as we have been with Jesus we have never wanted for any good thing. ...
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Pitch Perfect Compassion
Some of us have one passage of Scripture we tune our ministry to. For me, it is Jesus’ story of the father and his two ...
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Compassion Fatigue
Ministry compassion takes a toll. Frederick Buechner wrote, “Compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it’s like to live inside somebody else’s skin.”[i] ...
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One Thing Leads to Another
Compassion is a gateway grace. It is often someone’s first taste of Jesus. We tell them something good and true. We give them a glimpse ...
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