
Pastor Appreciation
Some late Monday night pastoral musings considering Pastoral Appreciation Month. I hope these are helpful for wherever the Lord has placed you: 1) Be in church When you miss a service any good pastor will worry. When you don't tell us why it makes it worse. When you miss for several weeks in a row without telling us it's nearly unbearable. We've all had people leave our churches, and we tend to assume that anyone that misses is doing the same. Our job is to seek the ones that

Clean Barns
I have been contemplating this Proverb throughout the day today: Proverbs 14:4 "Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox." We have seen a good number of people saved in our church over the last couple years. Due to this fact, our church has people that are struggling with various addictions and people that have pasts that cause ministry to get a bit messy sometimes. Our churches are getting back to having regular schedules and event