Category: Rambling
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Confessions of an insecure pastor: 4 reasons why I shouldn’t preach all the time.
My name is Dave. And I am an insecure pastor. It’s the truth about many people, let alone pastors. Defined, insecurity is the lack of confidence in oneself. Also, it’s the state of being open to danger. Put that together in a pastor’s life, you’ve got someone who struggles with their own strengths and weaknesses…
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PKs: 7 Thoughts For Pastors About Their Kids
If you’ve ever heard the term, “PK” then you’ve been in church a while. It’s part of an exclusive club that requires one thing: You must have a parent as a pastor (unless you are the child of a missionary…then you’re an “MK”). I wouldn’t say I’m a “true PK” because I didn’t become one…
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Anniversary Thoughts: 17 marriage thoughts for each year of marriage
Tomorrow, Saturday, May 23rd…I’ll celebrate 17 years of marriage to my best friend. So I thought I’d share 1 thought per year we’ve been married. 17 thoughts about marriage that I’ve gathered over 17 years… 1. Be a spouse that admits you fall short of being perfect but excels in love for Jesus. We couldn’t ask for more…
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Highly Valued: 10 Thoughts for Pastor’s Wives
At one of the most difficult points of my life, I found myself crushed under the weight of ministry. Depression mixed with ministry pressures caused me to want to cash it all in. I went to Anne and let her know I couldn’t take it any longer. I needed to resign and, perhaps, find another…
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It’s in my blood: My Challenge to Kfirst for Global Missions
Went back home to Detroit a month ago a sat for a lunch with my parents. No idea how it came up, but I mentioned I had A-negative blood. It sent dad on a thought-tangent he couldn’t let go of. Even hours later, at a Red Wings game, he was still bringing it up trying to…
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Touch Your Own Bride: 5 Questions for Pastors and Their Marriages
I’m trying to get back to my “normal routine.” A month of a literal blur of a schedule has left me clutching my coffee and pondering the thoughts that have been jotted down from services and meetings. One in particular hasn’t let go of my mind. Pastor Wilfredo De Jesús, better known as Pastor Choco, is the head…
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Permission Granted: 4 Reasons Why Unity in Your Marriage is Better than Permission
Permission is a funny thing. Permission, defined, is authorization or consent. Sadly enough, this is how a lot of marriages work. The reason why marriages work that way, is there is a misunderstanding of unity and Lordship. One of my favorite scriptures comes out of Acts 17:28., “in him (Jesus) we live and move and…
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Generosity goes beyond the bucket. Recap from yesterday at Kfirst.
We came off a great Sunday at Kfirst and had some requests to post some of the thoughts from yesterday morning as well as the list of opportunities for people to serve with generosity. Like we said yesterday, our generosity most go beyond putting money in the bucket. We can’t just write a check…
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Broken Trust: 8 Ways to rebuild trust back into your marriage.
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds Psalm 147:3 Trust is a necessary element and is the foundation of every healthy relationship. In fact, trust is the security that makes intimacy possible in marriage. Like an organism, it must be nurtured and not ignored. My dad taught me years ago. “Trust is like…
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The Kingdom of Peeps. 4 ways to engage in Easter.
If feel very privileged with the position I have. Weddings, baby dedications, funerals, and the like are all phenomenal opportunities to be a part in precious family moments. I refuse to take them for granted. They are not inconveniences to me. These moments are privileges and every pastor must see them that way. My senior adults are…
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