If you haven’t read Stephen Covey’s excellent book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” you’re missing out.  Out of the many...

The songs have been sung, the message has been preached, the celebration is over… and the pastor is tired.  I know.  You definitely need...

His hair is legendary.  He has an ego the size of the Grand Canyon.  He might possibly be the next President of the United States.  He’s...

There’s a powerful story in Mark Twain’s book, Huckleberry Finn.  Last year, I read this book to my children, and was so struck by this...

Every pastor knows that Easter and Christmas are two Sundays that are most likely to attract the unchurched and the de-churched to...

Some fancy terms that get thrown around in the world seem complicated — but really are more simple than you might think at first.  One is...

Surveys say that most pastors have felt like quitting in the past 12 months. If you feel like you’re about to crack wide open, drop in...

In John Maxwell’s book How Successful People Think “We went into one [store], and I have to tell you that it was the worst store I’ve...

Pornography is big business in America.  Approximately $12 billion annually is spent on pornography.  To put that in perspective, the 100...

I admit it — I love the Internet.  I liked it from the first time I heard the beep beep boooop of our first dial-up modem, and saw how...

My morning routine, which I wrote about recently, was going so well.  Life was starting to hum along again, after the birth of our sixth...

“I am so frustrated with my Sunday night service!” the pastor wrote in a message to me.  “It’s like 30% of the attendance of my Sunday...

Sunday night services have fallen on hard times.  I can understand why.  Attendance is low.  It’s tiring for pastors & their families,...

A few months ago, a new chicken place came into our neighborhood.  It was named Raising Cane’s.  Liz and I decided to try it. In short,...

There isn’t one “right” morning routine.  It’s built on your values and realities.  My reality is self-employed (pastor) and 6 kids....

I am loving Evernote.  I had an account with Evernote for a couple years, but I confess I didn’t see the benefits & uses at the time, so...

I once heard John C. Maxwell tell a story of a man who was angry at being passed over for a promotion.  “They can’t do that — I have 20...

Want to read more books in 2016?  Here’s a little tip from Michael Hyatt — Don’t feel pressure to finish: “Here’s publishing’s dirty...

There’s a running joke among preachers, where sermons are referred to as “Saturday Night Specials.”  It’s one of those jokes with an...

Looking back over last year, here are the 5 posts that most resonated with my readers. 5. How to Build a Morning Routine in 7 Steps Most...