I was a horrible youth pastor. I found myself in college studying for the ministry. This was despite the fact that my faith was quite feeble–and my interest in...
Al Goracke is the pastor of Kingswood Church in Blaine, MN. He was recently elected to give oversight to a group of Churches in Illinois. That role in the...
The children of well-known spiritual fathers often ride a curse into this world. High expectations, suspicion of favoritism, and the “PK” (pastor’s kid) label often drive a child to...
In another installment of our series on dangers of denominational work, we have the idea of over-estimating the influence of your denominational leadership. As a leader sometimes there is...
I’m excited to announce that the publishers are planning to release a SoulShift Family Ministry Kit that will include student component in December 2012. As we travelled this past year talking...
Last week, I talked about how church felt irrelevant to me as a High Schooler. I mentioned in passing that as a young person I started to think that if...
This is something new for me: I’m choosing to go to church on Sundays. It’s true: except for a 2 year period when I lived in Boston, I am,...
Being a Dad That Goofs Off | Monster Night | There’s nothing quite like wrestling with your Dad if you’re a little kid. I’ve heard some Dads say that if...
In my transition from local church leadership to Denominational work I’m posting on Thursdays for my leadership article revisiting a letter my Dad wrote in 1981. So far I’ve...
Trippin on stairs (in the bad way.) I feel this way about sin sometimes… do you? [vimeo link=”http://vimeo.com/44807536# ” width=”590″ height=”332″] “We can only know God well when...
On Tuesdays I’ve been writing about my faith journey. I apologize that many of these first entries aren’t very positive. I’ve reflected in the past few weeks on feeling...
We often presume, when talking of vision, that it is cast in a speech or with some kind of audience listening. However, for many years I have claimed that...