Pastor Appreciation Month

October is Pastor Appreciation Month. I want to express my appreciation for those pastors that have helped shape my own ministry. I start a ways back. I appreciate the solid foundation of faith and family upon which my great-grandfather Henry Gaertner raised his family. He was ordained at Zion Lutheran Church in New Orleans in...

Why do people burn out from their jobs?

I am a pastor and this is a job that I love. I trust in the call of God to equip me to fulfill the commands and promises of God. I know that I am not perfect but I rejoice that God will yet still work through me to share the good news of forgiveness...