For Pastors
Soul care, loneliness, and the long obedience of pastoral ministry. 17 articles.
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October 27, 2026
How I Use AI in Ministry
A bi-vocational pastor on where AI helps in his day, where it has no place, and why he stays inefficient in the work that forms him.
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October 27, 2026
My 25 Favorite AI Prompts for Ministry
Twenty-five AI prompts I actually use for sermon prep, teaching, leadership, social media, and church admin, plus the guardrails that keep the tool in its place.
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October 27, 2026
What I Tell Claude Before It Works for Me
A baseline instruction file for a pastor's AI assistant: tone, how hard to push back, Scripture, the voices I love, and the lines from our church's AI policy it may never cross.
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October 20, 2026
Stay Long, Then Hand It Off
Why the most fruitful years of ministry come after year five, why I think thirty years is a good season, and what Scripture and research say about handing it off well.
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October 3, 2026
Can AI Pray? Writing Prayers With Machines
AI can write beautiful prayers in seconds. But a prayer isn't words; it's a person speaking to God. When AI can help with written prayers, and when it shouldn't.
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September 26, 2026
What Engineers Know About AI That Pastors Should Too
AI isn't magic and it isn't a mind. A pastor who leads software teams explains how these tools actually work, why they make things up, and how to check their work.
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September 2, 2026
Stolen Stories: AI Sermon Illustrations and the Ninth Commandment
AI can generate a moving personal story in seconds. Telling it from the pulpit as if it happened to you is a lie. How to use illustrations honestly in the age of AI.
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August 22, 2026
Using the AI Inside Logos Without Letting It Do Your Study
Logos now has AI search, a Study Assistant, and sermon tools. How to use them well, which ones lean on your library and which don't, and where to keep doing the work yourself.
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August 19, 2026
No "Ask Our AI Pastor": Why We Won't Put a Chatbot in Pastoral Care
Church chatbots that answer spiritual questions or offer counsel are tempting and easy to build. Why our church won't, and where automation can serve care without replacing it.
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August 8, 2026
Can a Pastor Use AI to Write a Sermon? The Integrity Test
AI can help with sermon research and editing. It can't do the pastor's study or carry his convictions. Four questions to ask before you preach a message AI helped prepare.
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July 28, 2026
AI Is a Tool, Not a Teacher
AI is already shaping how Christians pray and study. A pastor and software leader on where it helps, where it can't go, and the one conviction that keeps it in its place.
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May 2, 2026 · Second Fiddle
The Long Obedience: Why Pastors Who Sprint Burn Out
Pastor burnout often starts with a sprint. What the long obedience produces, how to handle failure without quitting, and why the best counsel is: stay.
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November 27, 2025 · Second Fiddle
Pastoral Loneliness Is Structural. Here's How to Fight It.
Pastor loneliness isn't a personal failing. It's built into the role. Why it happens, the temptation it creates, and two kinds of friendship that answer it.
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October 23, 2025 · Second Fiddle
Nobody Will Ask About Your Heart: Soul Care for Busy Pastors
Pastor soul care doesn't happen by accident, least of all for bi-vocational pastors. Three things it takes, and the warning signs that it's slipping.
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June 26, 2025 · Second Fiddle
25 Years of Bi-Vocational Ministry: What Got Harder, What Got Easier
What long-term pastoral ministry actually feels like after twenty-five years with a day job: what got harder, what got easier, and what never changed.
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March 3, 2025 · Second Fiddle
What Paul the Tentmaker Teaches Pastors Today
Tentmaker ministry isn't a compromise. What Paul's work in Corinth teaches pastors about access, credibility, and the freedom of not preaching for a paycheck.
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January 29, 2025 · Giving Account
Who Hears the Pastor's Account?
Accountability for pastors usually means oversight. But a pastor has his own account to give, and someone should be hearing it every week.