If our Master was not bothered when his disciples came looking, then we should likewise designate time to relax, even when the phone is ringing, and pressure is building.
Nineteen years ago, when I retired from a 40-year ministry at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, I decided to dedicate the next chapter of my life to encouraging other pastors.
Most believers are eager to witness for their faith, but feel completely helpless because they don't know what to say.
So, why aren't you moving mountains in your own life? Do you lack the faith?
When they hired me, I'm pretty certain I was the youngest senior pastor since 1949.
We are in uncharted waters in this country. In a sense, yes, there is "nothing new under the sun" (Eccl. 1:9), but many of us have not seen our world turned upside down like it seems to be today.
The book of Proverbs repeatedly offers wise counsel that we should listen more than we speak.
It's important to be an emotionally supportive leader, but why?
Is marketing, branding, publicity, or advertising something that most churches should be doing?
"We can't find a pastor." It is a challenge to find a pastor, but it's also a new opportunity to look at how we "do church."
Being an influential leader starts with being the best version of you that you can be.
What are you doing to take care of your soul?
In this episode, Rodney Cox talks to Nancy Moore, an expert in the field of pastoral succession planning. Nancy has helped guide hundreds of churches through these delicate leadership changes over her decades of experience.
None of us are guaranteed 70 or 80 years of life. While our lives could be potentially long, they can also be unpredictably short. What are we to do with this?
Leaders need encouragement because it can be lonely at the top. Find some encouragement in this post.
Information is not the same thing as knowledge or wisdom. Find out what we can learn from Job.
Evil can be difficult to recognize and even tougher to fight. A big part of the battle occurs in the spiritual realm, and most of us are not intimately familiar with that place.
As leaders, we need to strive to be more like Josiah. But what could that look like?
When you’re exhausted, depleted, or burned out, what will you do? Work more or take a rest?
As I’ve researched the issues caused by porn, I am shocked not just at its moral consequences, but at its social costs, damage to marriages, and what it does to our brains.
