One great tool for pastoral effectiveness and longevity is taking a sabbatical. When well-designed, the refreshment and learning a pastor can do will...
Saying goodbye is rarely easy. Saying goodbye to someone with Miranda's faith and expertise is nearly impossible. But change is inevitable, and so our...
Often in marking Lent, believers have looked at biblical texts about wilderness: Jesus’ 40 days there, Abram’s travels to a new land, and the 40 year...
In Matthew 13, Jesus tells his famous parable of the Sower, who wildly scatters seed across a variety of soil types. When we hear this parable, many o...