Trench Talk

Find all of our resources at practicalshepherding.comSupport 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 importance of knowing your capacity(20:00) Faithfulness is more important than effectiveness(21:05) Prayer

Find a library of resources onlineDiscover how you, as a pastor, can find rest through the Shepherd’s HouseJoin 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 Mondays looked for Jim(21:00) Did you ever feel like quitting?(23:01) Two things that change the way you handle Sunday evenings and Mondays(25:15) Encouragement for your ministry of the Word(27:00) Closing Prayer

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 ShepherdingFind 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 those who you’ve trained(29:40) Final words (33:03) Prayer

The Shepherd’s HousePractical 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 onlineThe Shepherd’s HouseDonate 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 onlineThe 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 onlineThe 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(16:10) Creative ways to help children engage during gathered worship(28:25) Final encouragement and prayer

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 onlineThe Shepherd’s HouseSupport the work of the ministry through a tax-deductible financial contribution. (2:41) Biblical Understanding for Multi-Generational Churches(7:45) Caution toward hegemony of one generation or another (9:38) Addressing the Problem(12:10) Challenges to pursuing a multi-generational church(12:45) The challenge of fear(16:08) The challenge of theological understanding(18:20) The challenge of seeing and showing value in the other(21:56) The blessings and benefits of multi-generational ministry(25:30) The blessing of wisdom learned from one another(29:26) Practical steps to pursue multi-generational ministry

Find all our resources onlineContact usSupport 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