Prayers For Pastors and Congregations–Fourth Sunday, June 2018
A Prayer for Pastors: O Lord, You are the one who stills the waters of turbulent storms in our lives. You are the one with whom I need to stop, be quiet, and realize once again that You are my God. You are the ever-present God best heard in the still small voice that was […]
Prayers For Pastors and Congregations–Father’s Day Sunday, June 2018
A Prayer for Pastors: O Lord, on this Father’s Day weekend as a child of God, swirling around my head and in my heart are all my feelings about my earthly father and his influence on my life. All sons and daughters want to feel the love of their father. Because of the humanity of […]
Prayers For Pastors and Congregations–Second Sunday, June 2018
A Prayer for Pastors: O Lord, this Sunday is a great time to celebrate our love for and appreciation of children. You know that we have so many things planned for children this summer. While today is not a religious holiday, yet many cultural settings celebrate it as National Children’s Day. May I clearly proclaim […]
Vision Plus Intentionality is the Holy Grail
Download this Post: Vision Plus Intentionality, 06.07.18 Vision Plus Intentionality are the three most important words in congregational vitality and vibrancy. Yet, because they are not poetic words pulsating on your screen or highlighted on your paper, the depth of their meaning and significance may allude you. Recall the search for the Holy Grail as depicted […]
An Endorsement of Captured By Vision — a Book by George Bullard
Today I received an amazing unsolicited endorsement of my latest book today–I must share–from a pastor in Michigan who is leading his church in a study of this book. Here is what Dan Wilkinson said: “Captured by Vision is by far one of the best books I’ve read in my entire 32 years of pastoring. […]
Prayers For Pastors and Congregations–First Sunday, June 2018
A Prayer for Pastors: O Lord, I am thankful this weekend for the arrival of summer. Most of all I am thankful for the warmth, the glow, and the excitement of a life filled with the worship and praise of You as our Triune God. May the spiritual excitement I feel in my heart, soul, mind, […]
Prayers For Pastors and Congregations–Last Sunday, May 2018
A Prayer for Pastors: O Lord, as I proclaim Your written and Living Word this Sunday, may I be fully aware of and embracing of the totally scope of who You are. May I proclaim You as Father, Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. May I magnify and pray in the name of Your Son who gave […]
Prayers For Pastors and Congregations–Pentecost Sunday, May 2018
A Prayer for Pastors: O Lord, in many Christian traditions this Sunday is committed to the celebration of Pentecost. I realize it is not necessarily the day that matters, but the impact of the presence of Your Holy Spirit that makes the overwhelming difference in the ministry of our congregation. I pray that as just […]
Chart of Ten “R”s for Plotting a New Congregational Course
Radical Transitions and Changes When Congregations Fully Surrender to God’s Empowering Vision Download the chart: The Ten Rs Chart, 05.14.18 Tuesday, May 15th at the Vision Tuesday gathering The Ten “R”s Chart was introduced. It covers ten choices for congregations who are more than a generation old and likely have been plateaued and declining for some […]
Prayers For Pastors and Congregations–Mother’s Day Sunday, May 2018
A Prayer for Pastors: O Lord, on this Mother’s Day weekend help me share an authentic message from You that will inspire, challenge and call for a high respect for women—especially those who are blessed by motherhood. That message is not as simple as it once was. How do I deal with the #MeToo movement […]