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Like many college students, I was required (forced?) to read great literature from world-renowned writers.  I use terms like “required” and “forced” because, at that time in my life, I likely would not have volunteered to read those incredible novels and plays in my spare time.  I often wish that…

For about 20 years, I have had the privilege of teaching a course called “Doctrine of Holiness” at various Nazarene institutions. It is a course that contributes to ordination requirements for ministry candidates, and it explores a key emphasis of the Church of the Nazarene—that God is willing and…

Husbands share the following thoughts and issues facing them when their wives are the pastors: I find it difficult to understand my place in the role of pastor's husband.   My job prospects, earning potential, and sense of accomplishment are greatly diminished because of the lack of career…

The Church of the Nazarene in Haiti has 11 districts and well over 100,000 members. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Nazarene presence in Haiti. Pierre shared with Holiness Today about the current situation in his country and what he sees on the horizon. HT: Where do we go from here? WP…

God has interwoven my career pathway like the laces in a pair of shoes, crisscrossing them back and forth. I've gone from local church ministry to overseas service, back to local church ministry in cross-cultural settings in the U.S., then back overseas, and now back to local church ministry. After…

There is no time in the Christian calendar when we are more focused on giving than this time of year. Advent and the Christmas season that follows are filled with messages about giving, even among those outside of the Church.  Indeed, the gifts we give to others are in celebration of the great…

Holy Week was filled with holy moments as, for four days, I visited "those who were sick and in prison." My 90-year-old mother lives in an Alzheimer's unit. The staff must lock the doors to keep the patients from wandering. To enter, you must press a big red button on the outside wall. To leave,…

The life of our seven-year-old daughter Beth hung in delicate balance on that early March morning. My wife, Kathy, and I with our children, Beth and David, had been on a trip from our home in Overland Park, Kansas, to Oklahoma when a car slid across the ice and snow into the path of our '73…

Connecting with your community through volunteer work can create numerous stages for showing God's goodness. When I was a child, I remember hearing quartets sing, "I want my life to tell for Jesus; that everywhere I go, men may His goodness know . . ." Where do I go that His goodness will…

Co-pastoring is not as unusual as it used to be. That isn't to say that I don't get questions when I mention the way Dustin and I work together in the church. I do. The main question, from district superintendents to strangers we meet at Starbucks, is 'How does that work exactly?' It works…