by Jay Jones | | Leadership, Personal Development
Dear Struggling Pastor: An Open Letter to Leaders in a Storm Dear Pastor friend, Storms will savagely barrage against your ship sometimes. Famines will ravage through the fields of your ministry sometimes. God will feel distant sometimes. The deafening silence when...
by Jay Jones | | Personal Development
Mastering the Berluti Knot – The Only Dress Shoe Knot A Minister Needs to Know In the life of a minister, details matter. Whether it’s crafting a sermon or navigating the intricacies of pastoral care, every element plays a part in the broader mission....
by Jay Jones | | Personal Development
Conquering the Fear of Failure in Ministry Opportunities for ministry leaders regularly present themselves… New initiatives, bold ideas. But often, lurking in the shadows of these opportunities is a paralyzing fear – the fear of starting something and...
by Jay Jones | | Personal Development
A 2024 Pastor’s Reading List I hope this is your best year yet. To help with that, I’m providing my 2024 reading list – 24 for ’24. My reading style has changed dramatically over the last couple of years, so my number of books read has dropped in order to more...
by Jay Jones | | Personal Development
30-Plus Side Income Ideas for Pastors In today’s church leadership reality, most pastors are either the sole employee of the church or are working bi-vocationally to make ends meet. Pastoring is a full-time job, no matter how you look at it, and the reality for...
by Jay Jones | | Personal Development
Here’s the bottom line… if you don’t control your schedule, someone else will. For pastors and ministry leaders, schedule management can be difficult for numerous reasons, some of which are: People frequently desire more of your time The workload of...
