Dave Livermore

An illustration I used in a sermon concerning potential goes like this: If you are in your twenties and someone says to you, “You have great potential,” excitement goes through your mind and body. If you are in your thirties and someone says,…

In my last Ministry article (January 2024), I shared the emotions I felt after just three months of retirement. It has now been three years. As I carefully maneuver my way through this unmarked pathway, I see how my experience has…

Well, it is really over. My career has come to an end. I am retired. If I may be absolutely truthful with you, I never saw this coming. I am sure I am like a lot of you who thought Jesus would return long before retirement came. I always…

It is Sabbath morning; you have either driven early in the morning or left on Friday evening to spend the night in a hotel. This is common practice for an administrator in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. A new experience has entered our…

I remember walking into a Seventh-day Adventist Church for the first time. I had not been in a church for 12 years. As I parked our car, my wife and two daughters were smiling and seemed so happy that Daddy had decided to attend church with…

I do not remember ever reading the term social distancing—but it has been practiced before.

The island of Molokai in the Hawaiian chain has a leprosy colony that can be visited today. Social distancing was enforced on that island—and…

As an administrator, I do not have the privilege of being in the same church week after week. When pastoring, I spent over 13 years in one church, and in that time, we really got to know each other. I think that made me a better pastor. My…

I see a disturbing trend. I have given this trend considerable thought because it impacts our church and our church leaders. Please know from the outset that I am not a controversial guy. I am not a troublemaker by nature. I love the church,…

I pastor a church, rather contemporary by design. We have programmed ourselves, on Sabbath morning, to be "seeker sensitive." We define seeker sensitive as "planning for the guest to arrive." Everything---from the…

When I was in my first district, a doctor helping W W me with Breathe Free Seminars asked, "What can we do to follow up our efforts?"

"We could invite the people to come to your house weekly in small groups to discuss 'Real Christianity,'"…

It’s Sunday morning, and I am watching a riveting football game. One team dominated the other during the first half. But in the second half, the other team made so many good adjustments that it took the lead—and eventually…