Scott Gress

“I Don’t Need Coaching!” That can be followed by such thinking as: • I know it all already. • I am already doing great. • I’m too busy for coaching. • I’m smart enough to figure it out on my

“Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem” Luke 9:51 Life at the parish goes from zero to 100 in the blink of an eye. As pastors we go to the church thinking the day will be about one thing and so

  A pastor in the second half of his ministry looked back on his past and said that he had some real regrets. “What kind?” I asked. “The kind that comes with missed opportunities and just plain old miss steps.

I just got off a cruise ship after having spent 3 days with my wife’s coworkers and their significant others as a gift from her boss. The first day as we met and enjoyed an evening meal together there was

“But that’s just the way they are.” (Wave the white flag!) That’s what one pastor was overheard saying to a colleague at a circuit pastor’s meeting. His church was a bit quirky and dysfunctional and they were getting kind of grumpy

My assumption is that you probably know your theology pretty well. The LCMS seminaries do a pretty good job teaching theology. Then if you have a desire or need to grow in historical, systematic, or exegetical theology you have your

Equipping the Saints…when they don’t want it So the well-intentioned pastor is in a catch-22. He wants (and is really required) to equip the saints but they don’t seem to want it! They are content, complacent even. The pastor knows

Perhaps you are familiar with the Peter Principle. It is a management theory that says a candidate for a particular position is chosen based on their performance in their current job rather than what is required in their intended position.