Priorities

Barna - Priorities of Ministry by Senior Pators (illustration)

The Barna Group recently surveyed Protestant Senior Pastors ministry priorities for the coming year. Overall, 12 different ministry emphases were listed by at least 3% of the pastors. The top priorities were discipleship and spiritual development (47%); evangelism and outreach …

Charles Swindoll - Business Destroys Relationship (illustration)

Business destroys relationships. It substitutes shallow frenzy for deep friendship. It feeds the ego but starves the inner man. It fills a calendar but fractures a family. It cultivates a program that plows under priorities. Many a church boasts about its active program: “So …

Priorities (illustration)

At a nursing home in Florida a resident group was discussing ailments. “My arms are so weak I can hardly lift this cup of coffee,” said one.  “Yes I know, my cataracts are so bad I can’t even see my coffee,” replied another. “I can’t turn my head b …