Here’s how to perform a wedding. 1. Know Legal Requirements First, you need to make sure that you are legally able to perform the wedding, meeting all of the requirements of the law where you live. 2. Meet With The…
Happy New Year! At the end of the year, I tested positive for COVID. So I’m quarantined in my house right now. And I’m totally fine. My symptoms are mild. But that’s how I’m starting my year. But can you…
I was a young pastor fresh out of Bible college once, and I’ve had the privilege of working with many young people in ministry. There are a lot of things about working in ministry that are challenging, and it’s easy…
Is it possible to be an iPad only pastor? Can an iPad replace a pastor’s computer? And maybe a bigger question is should a pastor even consider using an iPad as their only computer? I’m a full-time pastor, and I’ve…
Pastor plagiarism is in the news. Some prominent pastors have come under fire recently for plagiarizing the work of others, specifically in their preaching. I wish I could say that this is shocking, but it happens all the time. I’ve…
How can you continue to improve your preaching? Sure, you can get experience and write more and better sermons, but one critical way to improve that lazy pastors skip is sermon evaluation. What can you learn from the message you…
What are the basics for sermon delivery? How do you preach with confidence and power? This is the 2nd part of a three-part series on the basics of how to preach. If you missed part one, go check that out…
Learning how to preach can be scary. Very few people are excited by the idea of standing before a crowd of people, with all eyes on them, to deliver a thirty-minute or longer sermon. Public speaking was always at the…
What are you preaching about this week? What about next week? Or the week after that, or the week after that, and then the week after that? Do you know? If you preach once a week, that’s a ton of…