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No fancy graphics or streaming video here—just a site of provocative and sometimes helpful writing for Christians who think. Thanks for dropping by. Help yourself to anything you need -- everything is free but its worth it. -- Keith Drury SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Reading these pages has been found to cause thinking among some Evangelicals. PASTORS: For pondering… ~ Pastor: wants to become a College Professor (part 1) ~ How to Break into College Teaching?” (part 2) ~ How to leave a church when they fire you. ~ SAVE ON TAXES! Get ordained! ~ Can’t get my people to invite others to church. ~ Financial Ethical decision-making for ministers ~ BEFORE YOU RESIGN: Migrating Ministers.... Questions to ask before resigning. ~ ENCOURAGEMENT: When discouraged with the state of the church -read this. ~ FAILURE: Successful Failure: nine lessons we can learn from failure. ~ FAMILY: Confessions of a telephone-hating preacher's kid. ~ FAMILY: Discipling your own kids... as a minister. ~ LYING: When pastor Rick says, "Build it and I will stay." -- is he lying?...... ( responses) ~ LYING: One million people read my writings every week -- evangelistically speaking, that is...... (Responses) ~ PASTORAL CHANGE: What do you think: Would your church hire this guy?..... ( responses) ~ PASTORAL CHANGE: I’ve got an idea: let’s make the CHURCH do Resumes!!! ~ PASTORAL CHANGE: Here's our report from the Pastoral Search Committee on our interviews so far..... (Responses) ~ SEX: The Bigger They are the Harder they Fall -- when a "Big Guy" Falls?.......( responses) ~ PREACHING: How the TV Weathermen? are similar to preachers. .....(Responses) ~ PREACHING: 21 things I've observed watching Great Preachers. ~ SEX: How much of the Old-timers advice on sexual sin is still valid? .....(Responses) ~ SEX: What do we do when a leader has an affair. ~ SEX-RESTORATION: If you ever restore a fallen minister this will get you started. ~ STRESS: Did you start off this week with a Blue Monday?-- many ministers did. ~ ACCOUNTABILITY: How to establish accountability to become what you ought. ~ CALL/CAREER: Is it even possible to have a career in the ministry? ~ STRESS: Is pastoring harder today than it was 40 years ago? ~ MINISTERIAL DEPRESSION: Are you a depressed minister? Here's help. ~ FAMILY: Some tips on preparing for the empty nest. ~ STRESS: From reading my mail, I'd say ministry takes guts. ~ GUEST SPEAKER: Want a good introduction for a 'great speaker?' Try this! ~ Are you Plagiarizing your sermons? ~ OUR ROOTS: The Minister's Family Tree ~ How do these characteristics of the unchurched compare to your experience? To contact the writer e-mail Keith@DruryWriting.com