Where Do You Find Additional Shepherds?
One of the joys of our last interim in Maury City, Tennessee, was seeing the faith, works, and gratitude of...
4 Reasons Elders Do the Work of Deacons
During a gospel meeting, I watched an elder work hard for hours on one of the air conditioners at the...
5 Email and Text Questions for Shepherds
What would you think of a leader who says, “I don’t talk on the telephone. I get my wife to...
“Tell your husband…”
How do shepherds, their families, and friends encourage honest, open, and accurate communication? What happens when people want to “send...
3 Ways I Helped Get Myself Fired
In a previous post, The Best Day of the Week to Fire Your Preacher, I told of the way my...
The Best Day to Fire Your Preacher
It was Sunday, December 19, 1976, 10:20 a.m. I had just taught a Sunday School Class. An elder gently asked...
How to Keep Things from Falling Through The Cracks
Why can’t we get anything done?” “Who’s responsible for that?” “How long have we been talking about that?” In our...
Let Shepherds Shepherd and Deacons Deak
Our deacons won’t do their work.” “The elders won’t let us do anything!” “They get started and then quit.” “They...
Where Does A Person Go After Suicide?
What is the eternal destination of a person who commits suicide? People contemplating suicide have asked this question as well...
3 Questions for Threats of Suicide
If a person kills himself, will he go to hell?” This was a phone call from a person I didn’t...
