J. Grant Swank Jr.

I just mailed a birth day card to a fellow who was my associate in one pastorate. He will turn 81 in a few days, but he still ministers full-time to a congregation in New York. His wife, 10 years younger, pastors…

They're rude, lewd, and obscene!" a Christian friend said to me about the gay protesters marching down the city streets.

A parishioner handed me a videotape of gays staging scenes publicly in order to get…

Thirty-seven practical suggestions for easing life in ministry.

To prevent clergy burnout, try the following:

1. Breakfast out with your spouse once each week. Put it on the family calendar and make…

Several years ago our family decided to adopt a more simple lifestyle. We had been under the crush of hurried, complicated family schedules and concluded that they were working against our spiritual growth. Purposefully we set in motion the…

While listening to a fellow preacher the other evening, I noted that just before his mes sage he said to his parishioners, "Now, I don't plan on going more than an hour tonight."

I concluded that if his sermon was truly gripping,…

I am increasingly excited about preaching expository messages. This has not always been so. For a quarter of a century, I have preached mainly topical sermons. Nevertheless, I am now discovering the adventure of regular…

Now is the age for prophetic preaching. People who come to hear the Word are looking for conviction from their spiritual leaders. They are so weighed down with one burden or another that they cannot tolerate some…

You've been beaten up and left for dead. Who did it? The very churchly dancers you had thought you could trust. They hugged you. They prayed over you. They sent you memos and left messages on your phone machine. They…