An Ordinary Pastor’s Quarterly Planning
This week I will spend the better part of a morning reviewing major personal and ministry goals from the past three months and evaluating...
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Weekly Planning: When and How
The previous post looked at the background, reasons, and benefits of having a weekly planning or review in order to focus on priorities in...
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Weekly Planning: What and Why
One of the most helpful tools in my time management arsenal has been the weekly review or weekly planning. That is, taking a set amount...
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The Effective Use of the President’s Time – Part 3 Pastoral Reflections
What should an ordinary pastor glean from how the President”™s office was organized and functioned? The pastorate is not a...
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Transition Lessons
The Capranica has been silent for a number of weeks. That’s not necessarily new, though August and September were banner months...
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Answering Hot Topics – Introduction
Answering Hot Topics from Bret Capranica on Vimeo. Last Sunday, August 29, the elders of Summit Woods Baptist Church, publicly presented...
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Pastoral Productivity – Roles & Goals
Values impact who you are and what you do. Roles and goals define who you are and what you need to do. What roles do you play in life?...
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Pastoral Productivity – The Big Picture
The big picture is where productivity begins, whether for a pastor or really anyone. What’s the biblical rationale for life? What...
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Pastoral Productivity – Pitfalls
So what are the potential pitfalls every pastor (really anyone) will face as soon as he is committed to becoming more productive? Here are...
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Pastoral Productivity – Unproductive Approaches
So, this series is all about the negative side of pastoral productivity. Next week, I plan to say more about the more productive side of...
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An Ordinary Pastor’s Study: A Visual Tour
Based on my previous post on this subject, here’s a few video’s on my present office/study set-up. I am very blessed. My...
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An Ordinary Pastor’s Study
Pastors (well, many if not most of them) do love to study, read, write, and pray. The location and set-up of their space for such...
Read MoreWhat Will I Preach? (part 2)
Here the rest of the mess I started on Tuesday – how do I determine what I will preach? 4. Topical Periods. I do recognize that the...
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A Practical Blog for Ordinary Pastors Like Me
Brian Croft, a good friend and very faithful pastor in Louisville, KY, has started blogging. Another good friend, Stephen Jones, pointed...
Read MoreWhat Will I Preach? (part 1)
In a recent conversation with a group of pastors, we were listening to each other discuss how we determine what we will preach....
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Great Commission Resurgence Reports
Last June, the Southern Baptist Convention authorized the President of the Convention to appoint a task force that would essentially...
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6 Reasons Ordinary Pastors May Benefit From the iPad
I’ve been waiting for something like this – a handheld device that I could consume information very easily and most...
Read MoreApps I Use – Part 3: Web Apps
In this post I want to review a few applications every ordinary pastor (or person) can readily make excellent use of – and the...
Read MoreApplications I Use Every Week – Part 1
This week I'll be taking a look at my desktop and sharing with you the apps that find their way into my workweek. ... I'm going to give a quick overview today and then throughout the week, I'll screen cast some details on those that I find most helpful.
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