This blog helps pastors and church leaders foster spiritual discernment and maintain a healthy work-life balance, offering reflections and practical advice to lead with clarity and purpose rooted in a strong connection with God.
I am a planner. I like to stay well ahead of deadlines; I work best when I have a little breathing room. This tendency to be out in front is often the source of banter among my family and colleagues. This is just who I am and how I function. I th...
A few weeks ago in my morning devotions, I was reading a passage from the lectionary. This text is particularly applicable to discerning churches. I would like to share it with you. In the third chapter of the epistle of James, he asks the questi...
As I continue to explore the life of Solomon, I find increasing application around the issue of discernment. Most are familiar with the story in 1 Kings 3 of Solomon’s opportunity to ask God for anything he desires. (1 Kings 3:5 NIV) At Gibeon...
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