Category: caring

Five Ways Churches Are Unintentionally Forcing Pastors Out

.Reading time 22 minutes.

I spend time in God’s Word and in prayer virtually every morning. On weekday mornings, I also listen to at least two or three of my favorite podcasts. One of them is by Thom Rainer, the former CEO of Lifeway. His podcast is simply called, “Rainer on Leadership.” In my estimation, Thom Rainer has the […]

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Caring or Just Appearing to Care

.Reading time 2 minutes.

I just overheard two apparent strangers in a parking lot have the following conversation as they were passing each other. “How are you doing?” “Doing fine. How are you?” “Fine.” They said a few words … and yet they said nothing at all. It had the appearance of relationship but was completely devoid of it. […]

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