Help For Shepherds

I realize that for the last month I have not posted on this site at all. This last month has been a whirlwind, to say the least. In addition to pastoring, I am currently continuing my master's program. This summer I am also attending 5-7 sports games a week, editing the film from 20 sports games a week, and launching a pastoral help website.

It is that site which is the subject of this post. For several years, a few pastors and I have been planning this site and the launch is approaching. We're calling it "Help For Shepherds" because pastors often take a shepherding role with their parishoners, guiding and teaching them. And yet those same shepherds are often left alone in the field without much to go on.

Ask any pastor and they will tell you that there are always more needs than they have skills, and that we often simply come up blank when we really need an idea. And as time goes on, every pastor encounters situations that we are not trained for and have no idea how to approach.

This site is designed to be edited and filled by pastors, sharing their favorite books and links, best ideas, best research, best message ideas, and teaching moments. It is based on a wiki format, where every pastor can add whatever they have, and use whatever they find. We are hoping that this can be a way of giving shepherds what they need to better shepherd and lead others. If you are reading this and are a pastor, come check it out. We could use your help, and hopefully we can help you out too. And if you're a layperson, please pray for us. This is a big step, a big gamble, and we're just madly hoping and praying that it pays off in some way.

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