What Does it Mean to Be Fully Committed to God?
This is a question I’ve been pondering over quite often lately. What does it actually look like to be fully committed to God? A fully devoted disciple of Christ? To be “all in”? I’ve had to honestly own up to the fact that my answer to this...
13 Ways Church Leaders Can Serve Those Struggling with Mental Health Issues
It’s inevitable. If you’re in ministry long at all, you will absolutely find yourself ministering to people who struggle with mental health issues. And rather than there being clear boundaries between the mental and spiritual parts of us, we are, instead,...
10 Books That Have Reshaped My Faith
When I was seventeen, I started growing in my Christian faith. I went back to church with my girlfriend (now wife) and I was welcomed by her very loving family and her very loving church. I visited a Christian bookstore at the mall for the first time in my life when...
You Can’t Multi-Task, But Can You Multi-Career?
There are two schools of thought when it comes to the idea of whether you should focus your life on one single purpose and pathway, or get involved in all of the various things that interest you. We’ve all heard the stories of the people who did amazing things by...
How to Avoid Hitting People When You Feel Angry
Should you slap people when they make you mad? No. Granted, it happens sometimes. Sometimes it even happens on a stage on live television with millions of people watching. But it’s definitely not an appropriate or acceptable (or legal) way to handle your emotions. And...
Going the Wrong Way On the Way to the Right Way
Nobody is better at speaking truth in love than my wife, Angie. She’s a skilled therapist, but goes easy on me as I try to swim to the depths with her when it comes to the heart. The other day, she gave me a children’s book called What the Road Said. The picture above...
The Power of Believing in People, Starting with Yourself
There is tremendous power in believing in people and telling them so. In fact, one of the biggest factors carrying me through a currently difficult season is hearing from people who still believe in me enough to tell me. I wrote a short piece about this over on my...
The Valley of Transition: 7 Lessons from 6 Months of Radical Change
It’s been six months since I preached my final message as Pastor of Grace Hills Church, which Angie and I founded together in the summer of 2011. We spent a decade of our lives gathering with people who were passionate about embracing the brokenness of humanity...
I Don’t Know Yet, But I Can Tell You What I Think
At the ripe old age of 19, I was married and serving as the Senior Pastor of a small church in rural Arkansas. And I knew it all. It wasn’t until years later that I realized not only how little I actually knew, but how freeing and empowering it is to acknowledge...Hi. I’m Brandon.
Hi, I’m Brandon. I’m married to Angie and we have three awesome kids. I’m a writer, digital marketer, website designer, and social media marketing consultant. I’m also a former pastor who still coaches church leaders.
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I’ve been a pastor, speaker, and communicator for over twenty-five years. PreachingForChange.com is where I share fresh sermon ideas and advice freely with pastors and church leaders.
