Lawrence LaPierre

Rarely had I witnessed such a busy hotel lobby at breakfast time. It seemed as if all the guests decided to eat at the same time. There was neither hot food in the serving trays nor a place to sit. After a long wait, I was able to get food…

Discipleship is a widely researched topic. However, books on discipleship and development are few and far between.…

Pastoral ministry is a joy, a calling—and more than meets the eye. More often than not, parishioners think that pastors only work on weekends. Many inaccurately assume that besides preparing for the weekly sermon, visiting members, and hanging…

John Maxwell is no stranger to the world of leadership, communication, and pastorship. His 50-plus years of experience make this book a real gem to treasure, apply, and share. Maxwell often states that he is adding value to his listeners…

Craig Groeschel, an entrepreneur, church planter,…

Its local community was recently in the national news—once again for the wrong reason. Instead of violence, the news this time was an unacceptable level of lead in the drinking water. Over the last 10 years, this church had developed a close…

There are times when I feel like I get nothing out of attending church; I am just there fulfilling a Christian obligation. My church service is in another language; how could I be “fed”? The parishioners are farmers. They keep falling asleep…

The Flourishing Pastor reflects twenty-first-century shepherding. Tom Nelson, an author and seasoned pastor committed to his church in Kansas City, recognizes that clergy members in the United States are dropping out at an alarming…

Have you ever watched an interview conducted by a professional journalist?¹ The five Ws and one H questions, a basic journalist technique, are often asked to find out interesting facts and opinions. Likewise,…

The authorship of the book of Hebrews can be a sensitive issue.¹ The New Testament places Hebrews among the letters of Paul, but Hebrews itself does not identify the author; most scholars think it was someone close to him but not…

Peter Roennfeldt, an experienced pastor and evangelist and a veteran church planter, has written If You Can Eat . . . You Can Make Disciples to show how to share the gospel with friends, neighbors, and colleagues in ways that are sensitive…

How do you measure the success of your congress?” This question really struck the Youth in Mission Board, responsible for the Youth in Mission Congress in Germany.¹ We pondered it while discussing a renewed vision for this youth…

No one chooses to be abandoned. Abandonment occurs when those from whom we expect love, understanding, and acceptance turn away from us. Whatever the cause of the abandonment, the experience is painful. Church members, even whole groups within…

Train yourself in godliness” (1 Tim. 4:7, NRSV). Paul’s instruction is of the greatest importance to those of us who are called to lead God’s people. Pastors are expected to serve God and His people with all the gifts and graces given by…

Veterans have been returning from wars for countless centuries in almost every corner of the world. Battles were and are being fought in localized insurgencies, revolutions, civil wars, regional conflicts, and, at least in the twentieth century,…

The older I get, the less willing I am to stop along a road, even a well-traveled one, to give a ride to a stranger. There have been too many stories of tragedy befalling people who offered a ride to someone who seemed…

Imagining All Generations is the latest book produced by Intergenerate.¹ Every two years, scholars and practitioners gather at the Intergenerate Conference to advance the vision of the intergenerational church. In this…