Why Sermon Preparation is Not Devotional Time

Why Sermon Preparation is Not Devotional Time

  Every Monday morning, I swivel in my desk chair—praying, pondering. Yellow legal pads fill with chicken scratch in a language only I understand. About fifty Mondays a year, around 3:00 p.m., I start to wonder if I’ll have anything worthwhile to say the...
Why Every Young Pastor Needs an Old Mentor

Why Every Young Pastor Needs an Old Mentor

  “Sometimes the being is more important than the doing.” My mentor shared this wisdom at our last meeting. He’s in his mid-80s, about 50 years ahead of me. He retired from a church in Indiana and moved to Bradenton several years ago. I inherited him with my...