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Person preaching
By Joseph Dutko 12 Apr, 2024
As preachers, how do we assess our teaching and what questions can we ask to make sure we're focusing on the right things?
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By Joseph Dutko 27 Oct, 2023
An example of how to plan for one's spiritual, physical, mental, intellectual, and relational wellbeing while on sabbatical.
two staff team members chatting
By Joseph Dutko 06 Oct, 2023
Do you intentionally and regularly meet with your church team? Here's 5 questions to use to help track how your pastors are doing.
woman with coffee and reading book
By Joseph Dutko 10 May, 2023
Hannah and I recently had our first ever sabbatical, a wonderful gift from our church after seven years of leading. Although sabbaticals are becoming much more common as churches try to protect leaders from burnout, I am also aware of lots of pastors whose churches do not have a sabbatical policy.
outside of a church with a cross on top
By Joseph Dutko 27 Oct, 2011
Thoughts on Eugene Peterson’s memoir The Pastor, the story of his formation as a pastor and how the vocation of pastor formed him. Peterson, a pastor for fifty years, is easily one of the best and most influential pastors of our time, so it’s important that we listen to what he has to say.
women pastor with young adult parishioner
By Joseph Dutko 10 Feb, 2011
Are young adult pastors now a necessity due to “emerging adulthood" and how can we help students transition from youth group into the main life of the church?
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