A pastor's life Archives

The kindness of the Lord (23): anonymous letters and criticism

(Twenty-third in a series.) Arriving in Bloomington January of 1992, awaiting me that first week...

(Twenty-second in a series.) If you’re a woman, you know manhood is weird. If you’re a...

(Twenty-first in a series.) Our first years of ministry in Wisconsin were helpful to my growth in...

(Twentieth in a series.) The previous article in this series concluded with a recounting of the...

(Nineteenth in a series.) The story of the county supervisor needs to be filled out more....

(Eighteenth in a series.) The first or second Lord’s Day in Wisconsin, it was Sunday...

(Seventeenth in a series.) The town church was steeped in pride and doctrinal and moral failure....

(Sixteenth in a series.) If you’ve ever wondered what sort of things happen in a church...

(Fifteenth in a series.) Mary Lee and I had grown up in Philly and the suburbs of Chicago, but we...

(Fourteenth in a series.) Despite the past history of one of our churches disciplining a member...