Paul J. Pastor

Paul J. Pastor is editor-at-large of Outreach, executive editor for Nelson Books, and author of several books. He lives in Oregon.

Nikki Toyama-Szeto: Bring Your Full Self

“God could have chosen anyone in the world to lead your community, and he chose you. Why is that?”

Nikki Toyama-Szeto: Authenticity Creates Credibility

“Really great leadership is anchored. Deeply. Sometimes the fruit of that is manifest after the leader is gone.”

Once More, With Feeling: Leadership and Emotion

“What if maturity did not mean subduing the ‘feeling’ part of us, but bringing it into balance with the rest of our person?”

Dave Ferguson: Making Heroes

“If you want to leverage your life for impact, it will be by being that hero-maker—the person who raises and empowers others."

Dave Ferguson: An Unprecedented Opportunity

“I would love for our definition of success to be determined not just by size, but by multiplication.”

The UnFormation Age: Reclaiming the Lost Art of Christian Mysticism

“A mystic is one whose theology is not only known, preached or believed—it is experienced.”

Krish Kandiah: A Faithful Enigma—Part 1

"Preaching and proclamation cannot be separated from lived-out mission, especially in a ‘post-truth’ world.”

Krish Kandiah: A Faithful Enigma—Part 2

"God is so transcendent. Rather than being fearful of that, or worried, we should turn to face it, look directly at it in Scripture.”