Chief Shepherd

Have you noticed that one of the most difficult tasks that one faces is that of balance? It is true for both the secular or religious person. It is a struggle for the common man but it seems an almost impossible task for a pastor! There seems always something that is trying to push me into [...]

Any fishermen here? Bryan Strickland on his blog, “Louisiana Bishop” offered the following guide for fishermen with excuses for not catching fish. (An analogy to “fishers of men.”) I can especially identify with the one about fishing “where God has placed you.” Or, as I have stated it, “grow where you are planted!” The fish weren’t biting! [...]

Updated on Oct 25, 2008. During my Bible Study time, I was reading in John chapter 3 when something “popped out” at me! In verse 23, the Scripture says, “Now Jesus was about thirty yeas old when he began his ministry.” Does that strike a note of interest in you? Or, maybe you have already examined [...]

As a pastor, how do you measure SUCCESS? Is success measured in the number of attenders at your church this Sunday? Is success measured by the financial statement of this month’s receipts? Is success measured by the lack of infighting, struggle and stress? Hardly.  In fact, one of the challenges we have as pastors is to not buy-in to [...]

Of course there is a world of information about eternity that we will NEVER know – until we get there! But there are many other things that we DO know. And, there is still more that we SHOULD know but, because of some preconceived ideas, we may not realize or understand. One of the concepts that [...]

Life is so full of uncertainties. Wouldn’t it be great if there were at least a few things we could count on? Some constants to give us a reliable foundation for the beginning of each new day? Well, Jesus assures us there are. Unfortunately, not all of them are good: Therefore [...]

It is a wonderful thing when our public officials are not ashamed to give their Christian Testimony! Bobby Jindal was elected Governor of the State of Louisiana a few months ago and has been such a success that he has attracted national attention – even being on the short-list of possible running mates with the [...]

This is not ministry-related but I found this article so valuable, I felt that I should pass the link to others: USAA (an auto insurance company) has posted an article about buying an automobile (new or used). The article was written by someone who worked in the business for six months and then left. Here are [...]

After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying:  “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of [...]

Does it seem that the number of people attending church has dwindled in recent years? Most pollsters seem to think so. It is my impression that (at least in the smaller congregations), there is a trend toward lower numbers each week. At such a point, the devil tries to plant feelings of despair & hopelessness in [...]