04/02/20A Boy Like Me “Stories like that make a boy grow bold; stories like that make a man walk straight.” – Rich Mullins, “Boy Like Me” It occurs to me, regularly and shockingly, thatRead More
12/11/19Pastoral Competencies As a seminary, it is our goal to prepare men to “Shepherd the flock” as 1 Peter 5:2 commands. It is our honor to serve the congregations of the AFLCRead More
21/10/19Resolutions for Mental Health There are times when all of us think we are going crazy. Even framing the question is dangerous: “Am I going to make it?” usually sends us in a badRead More
25/09/19Facilitating Efficient Meetings for Joyful Ministry One great equalizer of humans, says J. Oswald Sanders, is time: “Others may surpass our abilities, influence, or money, but no one has more time.” (p. 94, Spiritual Leadership, MoodyRead More
10/08/19Mass murder and the fall of man One is wise to react and write slowly in times of national lament. Too many times I have joined the cacophony of “too soon” conclusion-jumping. Today’s Twitter culture politicizes eventsRead More
29/07/19What I Wish I Knew Then (And What I Want You To Know Now) Pastor Wade Mobley President, Free Lutheran Schools At FLBC we say “Start here, go anywhere, grounded in God’s Word.” I am one of the students who didn’t start here, butRead More
15/07/19What Keeps Me Going Pastor Wade Mobley President, Free Lutheran Schools When I came to the Free Lutheran Schools five years ago I was in for the change of a lifetime. I wasn’t aRead More
10/07/19Five Disciplines for Down Times Pastor Wade Mobley President, Free Lutheran Schools During the summer people ask me, “Is the summer a little quieter for you around campus?” In a way, it is. The paceRead More
05/07/19I AM – FLY 2019 Pastor Wade Mobley President, Free Lutheran Schools I was converted to Christ at the Free Lutheran Youth (FLY) Convention in 1991. I was an 18-year-old recent high school graduate whoRead More
15/06/19What’s in a name? Pastor Wade Mobley President, Free Lutheran Schools The AFLC Annual Conference grows on you. The original intent of the Conference was to be the “spiritual powerhouse” of our Association, saidRead More
01/12/18Pedagogy Leaving the parish for the Schools has produced some odd sensations. Chief among them is the fact that you are just entering the most intense stretch of ministry, and IRead More