Calculating the Cost of Leaving Ministry
Have you ever sat down with a piece of paper trying to calculate the cost of leaving ministry? I can remember the day, just…
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When Your Gifts Don’t Match Your Ministry
During my first full-time ministry position, through huge amounts of stress and much turmoil, I learned an important lesson: I was serving in a…
Things I Miss Most About Being a Pastor And Things I Don’t
I am playing hooky from church this morning. Years ago that wouldn’t have been an option. Churches can be sticklers about their pastors being…
A Survival Guide for Pastors Who Have Left the Ministry
Since the release of Pagan Christianity in 2008, George Barna and I have received countless emails from expastors saying, “Reading your book only confirmed…
Learning How To Let Go (A Letter of Apology)
Why does it seem impossible to truly repent before you really let go? I don’t know. But I’ve felt pressed for a while to…
The Church Needs a Few More Hypocrites
A few weeks ago I officiated the marriage of my daughter, my firstborn and the first among my four kids to leap headlong into…
Who I Am Is Not What I Was
I remember, remarkably well, feeling totally lost and confused. I had left the ministry – or maybe the ministry had left me – and…
3 Issues that Divide the Church (and Can Leave You Jobless)
Have you ever jumped into a cold pool without checking the temperature? It will literally take your breath away. What about hammering a square…
5 Lessons I’ve Learned Since Leaving Full-Time Ministry
I still remember it quite well. I had recently come to faith in Christ and everything was electric; everything in my young world was…