Sep 12, 2023 | Co-Vocational, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest
In 2015, more than 38% of pastors in the U.S. were co-vocational. Almost every church has at least one co-vocational pastor on their team. Tim Diehl defines a co-vocational pastor as a person who serves as a pastor in a church and carries one or more other jobs in...
Sep 7, 2023 | Forgiveness, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor
I was reading recently about a group of neighborhood children who were playing baseball when someone hit one across the street, smashing through sweet old Mrs. Jones’ picture window. Instead of doing what I did as a kid—running away—the children went to Mrs. Jones’...
Sep 5, 2023 | Humility , Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor
In today’s episode we unpack six powerful ways humility shapes our leadership and sets us up not only to bear good fruit . . . but to do so over a long span of time. “The great act of faith is when man decides he is not God.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes I am not equipped...
Aug 31, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, The Church
Today’s post is the last leg of our journey through Putting the Good in Goodbye. We trust that we’ve offered you some tools to navigate those seasons when you become acutely aware pastoring is not for the faint of heart. We understand the weight of responsibility a...
Aug 29, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Pastor's Kids
In Part 2 of our conversation with JD Wiegand, JD unpacks what he wishes he could have said to his parents, to pastors who have children, and to kids whose parents pastor a church. If you pastor a church and still have children at home, you are not going to want to...
