I thought of the many people throughout my ministry who have asked the same question, “How long?”

Here are eight ways to care for and clean up your soul this spring.

The answer may not be what you think.

Every pastor needs what I call “true north” values—core convictions we refuse to compromise even when external pressures tempt us to do so.

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:21).

When love is missing from the equation, we focus on the outcome at the expense of the people.

Good fruit leaves a great taste in your mouth and leaves you wanting more. But how do you get good fruit?

Your decisions simply are the spontaneous overflow of all that you have learned and stored, and that process is fashioned by repetition, repetition, repetition.

I want to grow strong in my faith over the years so that even in my later years, I'm still producing fruit, vital and green.

When life shakes us, what fruit is revealed?

Do you ever feel ordinary?

The following is an ancient, classic story. It is somewhat of a parable from yesteryear.