A lot is being said right now about the burning of religious type books. This guy down in Florida wants to burn a Quran to mark the 9/11 bombing. I guess he wants to burn it because it leads people to believe things that are not true. If this was the measurement for burning books [...]

Two days ago I wrote about the importance of taking a sabbatical every few years if you are in ministry. Many churches have sabbaticals built into their church constitution, so this idea is not foreign for them. This is a huge blessing to pastors in ministry because the process of taking a sabbatical is not [...]

One of my best friends has had a tough last two years. As a financial advisor, the stock market plunge in the fall of 2008 hit him especially hard. When everyone around him lost 40% of their financial worth, he lost more. Several months into the recession he realized his family wouldn’t be able to [...]

This past summer my brother–who’s a youth pastor in Wisconsin–and a senior pastor friend of mine both went on sabbaticals. A little over 2 months of time to refresh themselves and renew their passion for ministry. They both took advantage of the time. My brother went on vacation in North Carolina with his family, a [...]