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Find all our resources online Contact us with any questions Write a review on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts or Spotify Conduct Gospel-Centered Funerals (2:38) Biblical Framework for Funerals (6:51) What a pastor should think through when a church member dies (13:55) Logistics for a funeral (16:16) Essential elements of a funeral (20:00) What a pastor should think through when a stranger dies (2...

Listen to Pt. 1 of this Podcast Episode Explore the resource library Request a Podcast topic (02:02) Biblical Framework and definition for Lay Elders/Pastors (5:40) Expectations as a Lay elder (8:01) Weekly Responsibilities as a Lay elder (10:00) How retirement has effected his lay elder role (11:38) A staff pastor and managing expectations and responsibilities for lay elders (18:13) How being a l...

Explore the resource library Support the ministry with a financial donation (02:37) Biblical Framework for Lay Elders (05:55) Introduction of Charlie Hall (14:24) Reflections from Jim about Charlie’s election as a Lay Elder (18:40) Serving as a Lay Elder with MS (23:45) Embracing the burdens of Ministry (25:42) Reflections from Jim about Charlie’s serving as a Lay Elder (28:09) Final word and pray...

Explore our resources Support our work Stay at the Shepherd’s House (03:15) Biblical Understanding on Pastors and Plurality (08:30) Historical landscape of church structures (10:40) Practical ways to change the model of church structure (19:18) What to do after you preach the Word: Pray and Look (27:37) Pastoring through the process (33:40) Final words and prayer

Find our resources online Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts , Spotify, or Google Podcasts Contact us if we can serve you (02:30) Biblical understanding (09:35) How do you feel it and not quit? (15:54) Jim’s routines for preparing a sermon (22:22) Brian’s routines for preparing a sermon (29:07) Surviving the grind of administrative work (33:54) Final words and encouragement for surviving the pastora...

Find all our resources online Contact us if we can serve you Find more information on the Shepherd’s House Support the vital work of Practical Shepherding with a financial donation (1:07) Scenarios of Being Trapped" (2:40) Biblical Framework (6:25) Relating to being trapped in ministry (8:15) Assessment & Advice on staying or going in ministry (14:45) Frustrations that follow you, because they...

Find more resources like this on Practicalshepherding.com If you have been encouraged by the ministry, or this podcast, please share it on social media (02:07) Biblical framework for the discussion (06:14) Examples of unique difficulties in ministry (12:35) The cumulative effect of ministry hardships (14:00) Difficulties of unmet expectations (17:40) Why a pastor would accept the call of pastoral...

Find helpful resources on practicalshepherding.com Explore the Shepherd’s House Support the work of the ministry with a financial donation (01:58) Biblical Support for the importance of preaching (05:29) Defining a sermon that “stinks” (11:02) Subjectivity in sermon evaluation (17:10) Advice for pastors who just preached a bad sermon (21:35) Final words and prayer

Find resources for pastors in the trenches Find rest and encouragement at the Shepherd’s House (02:08) Biblical Foundation for Rest (03:44) Unpacking Brian’s tweet (07:24) Things that keep us from “shutting down” (14:30) Practical ways to put things aside (23:25) Skills to becoming unburdened (26:45) Final words and prayer

Find all of our resources at practicalshepherding.com Support the work of Practical Shepherding with a financial gift (1:20) Biblical Understanding (5:10) Discerning balancing your time between healthy and unhealthy sheep (9:20) Accepting the fact that you can’t change people (11:45) The helpfulness of triaging (13:29) Practical ways to balance these shepherding responsibilities (17:30) The import...

Find a library of resources online Discover how you, as a pastor, can find rest through the Shepherd’s House Join us in serving ministry leaders through a financial gift (2:26) Biblical Foundation for pastoral fatigue (9:01) Sundays: Why Mondays are the way they are (11:11) When fatigue, exhaustion, emotion ever set in on Sundays (12:18) How Mondays looked for Brian (16:50) How Sunday nights and M...

Find Practical resources online here Find more information about The Shepherd’s House (2:08) Biblical Foundation (7:20) The pastoral loss of people (13:20) The joy of former structures of fellowship (19:03) The loss of the regular rhythm of pastoral ministry (24:55) The loss of in-home hospitality (29:22) The loss of the pastor’s right to an opinion (33:45) Final thoughts and prayer

Support the work of Practical Shepherding Find more information about the Shepherd’s House here (01:58) The biblical foundation for pastors and deacons (07:11) Identifying men called for leadership both reactive and proactive (13:00) Importance and requirement of church involvement (16:30) Things Brian and Jim look for before mentoring a young man (23:28) Discerning when to keep and when to send t...

The Shepherd’s House Practical Shepherding Resources (2:26) Biblical Foundation for Sabbaticals (6:38) The difference between vacation and sabbatical (10:30) Brian’s Sabbatical and Jim’s Questions (20:35) Jim’s Sabbatical and Brian’s Questions (34:24) Guiding Principles for taking a sabbatical (41:10) Final words and Prayer

Find all our resources online  The Shepherd’s House Donate to the Ministry (2:23) Biblical Background of Patience (5:32) Scriptural passages that exhort to patience (7:11) Patience in ministry when dealing with things (13:15) Patience in ministry when dealing with people (19:00) Patience in ministry when dealing with God, and His dealing with you (25:02) Final word and prayer

Find all our resources online  The Shepherd’s House (3:34) Biblical Background (10:30) Preparing for a regular preaching ministry (13:45) Reasons a pastor should leave (ministry and/or a specific church) (26:10) Thoughts of quitting and the seeds of perseverance (29:45) Seeking a small break to be rejuvenated

Support the work of the ministry through a tax-deductible financial contribution . Find all our resources online  The Shepherd’s House (2:22) Biblical Understanding for teaching the gospel to children (6:20) Ways pastors can intentionally help children and youth understand their sermons (11:55) The model Jesus set for ministering and teaching children (13:37) Addressing children in your sermons (...

Should it be a priority for a church to be multi-generational? What if the church isn’t, how might they pursue this? How can pastors get a good gauge on this aspect of church health? Listen as Brian and Jim discuss these questions and much more on this episode of Trench Talk. Find all our resources online The Shepherd’s House Support the work of the ministry through a tax-deductible financial cont...

Find all our resources online Contact us Support the work of the ministry through a tax-deductible financial contribution . (2:31) Biblical Foundations (7:45) Determine church priorities and allocate funds to those priorities (12:49) Approaching a budget surplus (16:38) Approaching a budget deficit (21:42) Handling that guy in the business meeting (24:22) Final words

Find all our resources online Contact us Support the work of the ministry through a tax-deductible financial contribution . (1:31) Biblical Foundations for faithfully leading. (5:45) Lording in secular vocations versus in the Church. (8:42) When the pulpit turns into a plat1form. (11:30) The need of a tender conscience. (13:41) Acknowledging the reality of the Chief-Shepherd. (18:40) The blessing...

Cont act us if we can serve you Find many other resources like this one on practicalshepherding.com Support us financially with a tax deductible gift (2:00) The details of Jim’s Sabbatical (08:15) Timeframe of unplugging during your sabbatical (15:05) What was your sabbatical routine? (17:53) How did you refresh physically? (24:22) How did you refresh mentally and emotionally? (26:12) How did the...

Cont act us if we can serve you Find many other resources like this one on practicalshepherding.com Support us financially with a tax deductible gift (2:30) Continued blessings of the difficult early days (09:50) Pastoral fathering and mentoring (15:20) Helping pastors sustain a long ministry (21:00) Pastoral self-care (25:06) What one piece of advice would you give for pastors to care for their f...

Cont act us if we can serve you Find many other resources like this one on practicalshepherding.com Support us financially with a tax deductible gift (1:45) Ministry and personal endeavors (4:45) Conversion and call to ministry (8:08) Involvement in music industry (9:10) Rootedness and being known by faithful men (14:00) The benefits of music background for shepherding (15:40) Schooling and semina...

Resources online at practicalshepherding.com Contact us on ways we can serve you Book resource: Caring for Widows Book resource: Conduct Gospel-Centered Funerals (02:21) Biblical Foundation for caring for those who are dying (06:22) Why caring for dying people is the heart of the pastor’s ministry (11:50) Practical ways to shepherd those who are dying (23:00) Final words

Show notes: Support the ministry of Practical Shepherding with a financial donation Contact us with ways we can serve you (02:55) Biblical understanding of the weightiness of work (09:15) You are where you are because you are human (12:00) The need for outside help (14:50) Practical ways to survive and thrive in ministry