God is Bigger Than This
Friends, if you’re in a season of hurting- let me join you in praying that you’ll let Him lead you through. That you’ll choose to fight, and that you’ll keep your eyes on Him. He’s shaping you along the way.
Thriving Clergy
Thrive In 5: Intellectural – Leadership that is Christian
Leadership that is Christian
Thrive In 5: Emotional – Peacefulness through Prayer
Peacefulness through Prayer
Thrive in 5: Financial- Thrive Financial Initiative
The Wesleyan Church was blessed with a second million-dollar grant from the Lilly Endowment.
Thrive In 5: Relational- Cultivating Friendships
A healthy pastor will seek to cultivate and maintain ongoing connection with others including other pastors.
Thrive In 5: Relational- Empathizing with others
Without empathy, we will be unable to relate effectively to those to whom we are called to love and minister.
Thrive in 5: Physical- 5 Activities & Resources to get your blood pumping
Sometimes the best thing you can do for your spiritual life is to start exercising.
Thrive in 5: Financial- Personal Insurance Needs
Taking action to provide for both our family and ourselves is an act of love, not a lack of faith
Thrive In 5: Emotional – Establishing Healthy Boundaries
As a pastor, you know how important your emotional vitality is to ministry. Take 5 minutes to consider the following suggestions of how you can establish and maintain boundaries to protect your own emotional health and sense of well-being.
Thrive in 5: Physical- Caring for your Body
Here are 5 things you can do beginning today to take care of your body.
Thrive In 5: Intellectual Lifelong Learning
Here are five suggestions that can help you stay ahead of the curve and position yourself for longevity in ministry.
Thrive In 5: Spiritual – Protecting the Spiritual Life of the Pastor
Take 5 minutes to read and think about how God might be speaking to you right now.
Thrive In 5: Emotional Cultivating an Emotional Core
Pastoral ministry requires the ability to withstand the emotional stresses of life and be “present” and empathetic to others.
Thrive In 5: Spiritual – Friendship
Friendship with God
Thrive in 5: Physical
Living a healthy lifestyle requires physical activity.
Thrive In 5: Intellectual
The Emotionally Healthy Leader As a pastor, you know that leadership is much more than knowing solid management techniques or creating and casting vision. First and foremost, you lead out of who you are. Who you are will manifest itself in how you lead others. The...
Thrive In 5: Emotional
If you have read A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, are you an Eeyore or a Tigger? “Eeyores” are your typical pessimists. Life is one disappointment after another. Positive things are never as good as imagined. Neutral things are worse than expected. Negative things...
Thrive in 5: Physical
Living a healthy lifestyle requires physical activity.
Thrive In 5: Spiritual
Delighting in the Trinity- What is your Christian life like?
Thrive In 5: Relational
What is a secret to strong relationships? In his book “The Relationship Cure,” relational researcher, John Gottman, suggests that we should be on the lookout for “bids for connection” and turn toward these bids whenever we can. What is a bid for connection? A...
Thriving in ministry: the best young pastors
Stepping out of college and into the world of ministry can be a daunting prospect. After graduation, young ministers often feel unsure of how to use their education and apply it in the “real world.”
Thrive In 5: Emotional – Anxiety
Here are five things you can do to turn off your God-given anxiety alarm bells when they are over active.
Thrive in 5: Financial
The Importance of Saving Money Saving money is an important part of your personal financial journey. In John Wesley’s message on money, his three main points were earn all you can, save all you can and give all you can. Unfortunately, many people are not saving these...
Thrive in 5: Physical
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies” (the Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20). God has created human...