“Pastor, pace yourself… or you will learn the hard way.”

On The Death of Kenny’s Father…

As some of you may have noticed, thinktheology.org hasn’t been very active this past week. For my part, I’ve been busy with a variety of things related to my education, pastoral service, and involvement in the Vineyard Movement (I’m at a leaders...
Five Ways to Have “Normal” Family Devotionals

Five Ways to Have “Normal” Family Devotionals

With all of my heart I believe that parents have a huge responsibility in raising their children. Not only am I concerned with my children having strong character and being healthy (physically and emotionally) and happy, I want them to have a transformative...
“Pastor, pace yourself… or you will learn the hard way.”

A Plea to Parents: Teach & Model Church Participation

I don’t want this post to come across as passive aggressive, so let me make several clarifications of what this is not: This is not addressed to anyone in particular. I have no individual or couple in mind. This is not intended to manipulate anyone into...
Burn Out is Coming! What’s the Solution?

Burn Out is Coming! What’s the Solution?

The last couple of weeks have been far more overwhelming than usual. There’s been a significant family loss with the passing of my grandmother and some of the issues related to pastoral ministry have been more heavy and more common as of late. On top of that,...