Letter to a Wounded Pastor
Dear Pastor,
Thank you for your ministry.
It may not seem like it right now, but God has used you. I know this because God uses the kinds of things you’ve done
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My First Days As a Pastor
I’ve had three first days as a pastor in three different churches.
Day One
On my first day ever I was 24. I moved into my office, arranged my books, and sat
In Defense of Funerals
I’ve wanted to write a defense of funerals for a while now.
I notice a trend to call services “celebrations of life” instead of funerals. I understand why. We like to focus
The Long Haul
In 1991, at the age of 24, I became pastor of a small church in southwest Toronto. I thought I had arrived. I threw myself into the work with everything I had — everything
The Reformed Pastor
The Reformed Pastor is not really the name of this book by Richard Baxter. The original name was a little longer: Gildas Salvianus: “The Reformed Pastor, showing the nature of the Pastoral work;