It is hard to argue with Joel’s excellent article concerning pastors being visionaries in their congregations, but I […]
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Pastors claiming to have a vision for their church have often been maligned for sounding charismatic, stealing God’s […]
Stupid people. Stupid church. They should pay me more. They should come to church services. They make dumb […]
How silly. That seasoned seminary professors would make you do something as ridiculous as learning the language of the […]
Funerals are part and parcel of this business. Being a pastor is to be acquainted with death and […]
Where have the untamed and wild prophets gone? Those dangerous men of yesteryear whose glaring faults and passions […]
I need to start this post with a confession: I am not particularly “good” at shut-in visits. I […]
As it turns out, it is both a sense of defeat and victory in coming to terms with […]
I recently received a phone call that I had been expecting for well over a year. Though the […]
What happens when a pastor dies? Everything and nothing. Yesterday I went to the funeral of Rev. Ron […]
Last Sunday I went to an installation service for a new pastor in our area. I have always […]
Last week the Ringside Preachers podcast was in Fort Wayne, IN for the seminary’s annual symposia. We had […]
You don’t know him. He hasn’t written any books. He doesn’t have a podcast. He doesn’t write for […]
Every now and then the duties of the pastoral vocation overwhelm me. Sometimes I find being a pastor […]
Thirty. That’s the number of Vicars that went out from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis this year. Thirty men, […]
“In short: enthusiasm clings to Adam and his children from the beginning to the end of the world […]
Even if you have not seen Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront (1954; streaming for free on Amazon Prime), […]
Ah, the pastor’s office: a bastion of erudition and genius; a place where books are read, sermons are […]
Well, you wonder why I always dress in black, Why you never see bright colors on my back, […]
The number 14 has always been my lucky number. It was emblazoned on my soccer jersey, it is […]