The Youth Pastor’s 2025 Wellness Guide

Paul: Carl, we have you today, not to talk about paper games, although maybe we’ll bring you back for an entire episode about paper games, but we do want to talk about something that’s super important. And we were discussing a little bit about this before...

The Spiritual Secret To Conquering Loneliness

In May of 2023, the Surgeon General of the United States issued an advisory about loneliness, “The physical health consequences of poor or insufficient connection include a 29% increased risk of heart disease, a 32% increased risk of stroke, and a 50% increased...

Disciple Students Differently: Lessons from Tua Tagovailoa

The NFL has often been a microcosm of society, reflecting its triumphs and its challenges. Recently, the league has been grappling with issues of mental health, particularly among its young athletes. Tua Tagovailoa’s comments about his former coach, Brian...
Healthy Ministers Part 1: Sorting Your Emotional Trash

Healthy Ministers Part 1: Sorting Your Emotional Trash

I do my best to recycle. I cut up copier mistakes into note pads, I reuse left over wood, and I salvage trash and turn it into something useful. Recycling bins make it easy to sort your stuff; paper here, plastic here, cans here, trash here. If we had one of these...

Just Because “IT” Failed, Doesn’t Make You A Failure

I heard these words very clearly as I as making a dish I had never made before for some guests we were having for dinner. I wasn’t thinking about the meal being a failure, I was thinking about a possible upcoming transition.  Accepting failure is as important as...