Andrew’s family left Florida just to get stuck in the middle of a hurricane in Arkansas. Tim took his family to the beach, and brought the whole church with them. Safety Harbor had a first time guest preacher, and Lakeview celebrated baptisms.

We’ve been all over the map, hitting just about every SEC state for camp (Tim) and family vacation (Andrew). Both Lakeview and Safety Harbor had guest preachers. Andrew played visitor at a church, and Tim played youth ministry volunteer.

Safety Harbor threw Andrew a graduation party, Lakeview celebrated some graduations of their own. Tim has a kid who can drive. Andrew has less kids for a few weeks. We’re talking through summer attendance, and how to plan meetings.

Tim and Andrew were both on trips this week. Andrew came back in time to preach, Tim came back in time to watch. We’re talking through summer vacations, and preparing guest preachers. Both Safety Harbor and Lakeview celebrated communion. Lakeview got a new sign and Safety Harbor is getting one. We’re asking the hard hitting questions: What should y…

Things are happening in Lakeview Land. Not only is the congregation growing, but they are now entering into the wild world of adult rec league sports. Safety Harbor had to bring the outdoors in yesterday with the threat of storms. Andrew’s dad was the hero of Sunday morning. Tim is so tired that he didn’t even get his ice bath in this morning. Both…

Tim and Andrew had two very different weeks. Andrew traveled across the southeastern United States to attend his graduation, see the sites, and visit family. Tim had a week full of meetings, planning and executing Mother’s Day. We’re talking through missing major holidays, and when it is time to hire more people.…

Yesterday the congregation of Safety Harbor Community Church was treated to a delicious Cinco de Mayo breakfast prepared by the pastor and his wife…unfortunately some uncooked egg casserole might have sloshed out of the dish leaving Andrew’s car smelling a little funky. Andrew and his family are traveling up to Virginia this week for his graduation…

We’re bringing back lone of our favorite ways to talk about some of our least favorite things…The Ick. Lakeview officially opened their new disk golf course. Safety Harbor might need overflow seating, but only for the outside crew. Tim played field trip dad, and Andrew spend way too long in the dentist’s chair.…

It has been over a Fortnight since we have been able to record in our regular space, but we’re back in Safety Harbor, Florida!!! The Alchemy seems to be working well at Lakeview since they just held their largest new members class ever. After last weeks power surge, the sound system at Safety Harbor is Down Bad, and is being ripped out and replaced…

We’re broadcasting Pirate Radio live from the lobby of First Baptist Orlando during the Youth Pastor Summit. Tim thought they had tech issues at Lakeview, until he heard about Safety Harbor’s in service power outage. Andrew went to see the eclipse. Tim is introducing Todd to the big wide world of youth ministry.…

Yesterday was a long day, but great one. Tim had a friend with him at the sunrise service, Andrew is convinced that not every church ought to attempt a sunrise service. We’re talking inflated numbers and comparison traps.

It is Holy Week, and it is a doozy. Yesterday was (Palm) Sunday. Tim and Andrew both started a new sermon series. Lakeview bought a golf cart; Safety Harbor is renting one. We are gearing up for early services and added attendance.

We are back from spring break and Easter is rapidly approaching. Lakeview had half of their staff take the same Sunday off. Safety Harbor had their annual meeting (cause doesn’t every church have an annual meeting in March)and has now flipped their space for tomorrow’s elections. Tim went out of town with his family. Andrew’s wife went out of town …

Lakeview had a legit emergency in the middle of service. Andrew’s wife thought a bomb went off while he was preaching. Tim’s new youth pastor is better than he was. Safety Harbor is hosting an election and it is not going well.

Few things make for longer weekends than an unofficial national holiday. Tim and Andrew had very different plans for watching the game. Lakeview hosted a giant watch party. Safety Harbor was a ghost town all week. Andrew had a not so fun ministry first, and Tim made quite a few house calls.

Andrew is all alone in the office this week and doesn’t really know what to do with himself. Tim hosted a birthday party and executed the perfect side hug. Both Lakeview and Safety Harbor began talking through Easter prep and have two vastly different strategies. Andrew started a new series, and somehow lost the entire church email list. Tim formal…

The Gremlins attacked the soundboard at Safety Harbor yesterday at 9:59 and again at 11:02, the second time it almost seemed on purpose. Lakeview had their first-ever new members' breakfast and back-to-back baptism Sundays. Timmy returned to form as chapel speaker and Andrew got to actually experience his kid competing for a highly contested prize.…

Andrew and one of his sons traveled to VA this week, but got back just in time for church on Sunday. Lakeview kicked off a new teaching series. Tim attended a camp meeting that he did not have to lead for the first time in 15 years and Safety Harbor had to implement their cold weather Sunday protocol.…

We’re both the tech guys at our church, which makes Sundays with tech issues especially frustrating…both Lakeview and Safety Harbor had Sundays like that yesterday. We’re recapping the past few weeks of limited office hours and lots of family time.

It is our final show of the year, and we are doing all the Christmas things and talking about all the festivities that have already been enjoyed. Both of us had some Disney time, and the Larsens celebrated an anniversary.

We took an unintended break last week, as Tim was having his heart broken on live TV. We are in the thick of our Advent programming at both Lakeview and Safety Harbor. Tim had to reschedule an event due to weather. Andrew is attending school programs that his kids are not even in at this point (and skipping the one his firstborn is in.) We both wen…

It was Thanksgiving, now it is Christmas. Both of our churches decorated the worship spaces for Christmas. Safety Harbor finished their Philippians series, and Lakeview started chapter 2. Andrew nearly died (his grandpa did), Tim did a wedding and played football.

It has been a week! Between dad duty and holiday ministry season gearing up, we’re exhausted. Andrew tried an experimental medical treatment on his kids and almost died performing “other duties as assigned.” Tim had back to back to back ministry nights out. Lakeview is interviewing candidates for their worship leader position, and Safety Harbor had…

It was Halloween, or Fall Fest, and some churches went all out, but does it even matter? We’ve had a death in the congregation at both of our churches this week, and even though the circumstances were vastly different, they have both been hard. Andrews’s church is gearing up for the pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving. Tim’s church got a jump on Christma…

We’re gonna come out and say it. Biblegateway is a bad website. Safety Harbor finished their Habakkuk series and Lakeview wrapped up their stewardship series. We both spent time pulling dad duty with sick kids and “other duties as assigned”. Tim is continuing his worship director search.

Some weeks in ministry are heavier than others, and this was certainly a heavy week. Lakeview dealt with a tragedy and is in the process of witnessing a miracle. Safety Harbor had a church-wide workday, that the pastor did not bother showing up for. Andrew was reminded of how good we were at being youth pastors, and Tim preached someone else’s serm…

Sometimes you get little surprises at church, Andrew certainly got one yesterday. Tim had a rough sports week, that was punctuated by a happy Sunday…which he missed. Lakeview hosted their third annual missions weekend. Safety Harbor started a new sermon series in Habakkuk, and the timing was a bit awkward.…

Both Lakeview and Safety Harbor wrapped up a sermon series and started looking ahead toward the end of the year. Tim preached his last youth group message for the foreseeable future. Andrew had a new members class and almost had a Sunday morning disaster. We’re talking schedules, meetings, sermon prep, and all the grown-up things we have to do as p…

We both had Disney time this weekend, and neither of us is quite recovered yet. Andrew successfully defended his doctoral research and had the title “Dr” bestowed on him for the first time (un-ironically). Lakeview keeps growing, and Tim can’t figure out why. There was a medical issue at Safety Harbor, and the elders handled it beautifully.…

Both Lakeview and Safety Harbor welcomed new staff members yesterday. We are talking through some social media issues, including the dreaded “ick.” Both Tim and Andrew are balancing being pastors with being involved Christian school dads.

Tim is fresh from a weekend away with the men of Lakeview. Safety Harbor needs a new roof. We’re talking through capital campaigns and necessary expenditures. We’re trying to figure out non-baggy ways to talk about our churches growing.

Turns out that people love baptisms and baby dedications. Lakeview had both on Sunday. Safety Harbor had an elder’s meeting and made some preemptive decisions. Tim’s family is adjusting to having kids at different schools for the first time ever. Andrew’s family took a post-church trip to Disney.

We’re talking through congregants leaving and how it’s very rarely the way we’d like. Andrew got a weird manifesto in the mail. Tim had a marathon Sunday. We’re very grateful for our wives and all clergy spouses who get the fam to church.

It is back-to-school week for Andrew’s family, and for the first time in a long time, it is only back-to-school season for Tim’s kids. We are talking about working wives, and the boosts and drops in attendance during this time of year. Also, is the secret to our “success” just not being cool?

We’ve got some things figured out, but not all of them. Lakeview had a members’ meeting. Safety Harbor added some kids ministry signage just in time. Andrew’s son broke his arm at VBS, Timmy got to celebrate a long term volunteer.

We’re back with the real pastors of Practical(ly) Pastoring. We’re driving into what it’s like to return after several weeks of absence. Andrew literally fell off the stage at church yesterday. Timmy had a missionary preacher, and Jeff Simpson is here!

Timmy is back from camp, while Andrew is on his way to the annual family retreat in Arkansas. We are both in the thick of balancing family time with summer ministry obligations while trying to find and recruit some new staff members. Both Lakeview and Safety Harbor held unique holiday weekend worship services that were more popular than anyone was …

It was an eventful Father’s Day Sunday for both Lakeview and Safety Harbor. Tim is in prime pre-wedding season. Andrew got to baptize his firstborn yesterday. Safety Harbor had their first elders meeting for a new class of elders, and Lakeview is ramping up their candidate search.

We're back live and in person for the first time in what feels like months, and we have a super fun announcement. Tim went out of his to attack Andrew during his sermon yesterday. Andrew is balancing his role as pastor and landlord. We each got back to church after extended family time, and summer schedules are in full swing.…

Twas the day after Mother’s Day, And we were both tired, but good news is, neither one of us got fired. Moms received candy and flowers, and after his sermon, Timmy needed to sleep for hours. A new series kicked off at Safety Harbor, from the look of this camera angle, it’s time for a trip to the barber. More ministry was done, but none of it rhyme…

This week were are joined by our friend Allan Pereira and a VERY special friend of his. We are talking about how the church can be involved in fighting for the fatherless. Andrew got a fancy new Bible, Tim is getting a new drum kit…just don’t tell his elders why he likes it so much.

Andrew’s church hosted a denominational conference, Tim’s church kicked off a new series for the first time in forever. We’re talking through preaching strategies, big events, and handing things off to volunteers.

This morning we are talking about what happens when the things that could go wrong do just that. Tim had a major tech hiccup right before church, Andrew had a contractor forget that church happens on Sunday mornings. Safety Harbor is hosting a conference this week, so there are deliveries and projects happening every 30 seconds. We are checking in …

Easter is the best day of the year, but it’s also exhausting. Let’s hang out!

Half of Tim’s flag football team quit over his abrasive coaching style. Andrew failed his sons this morning. We’re preparing for the chaos that is Holy Week. Andrew had a stinker of a sermon that turned out ok. Tim’s church is the Spring Break capital of the world.

We’re getting ready for the Super Bowl, and by that, I mean Easter Services. We have a few different philosophies and services as a result. We’re talking through multimedia while preaching, and collaborating with other churches. Tim’s church had a vision night, and Andrew’s had their annual meeting.

We’re back from some time frolicking with our families. Tim had a guest preacher, Andrew had a guest missionary...unannounced. Lakeview launched their young adults ministry. Safety Harbor completed their renovation project.

Some weeks feel like they last forever, and other weeks like they are just a couple of days. We are talking through how to get all of your work done when you only have a little bit of time to do it. Both of our churches just had new members’ classes. We hung out with the Practical(ly) Pastoring crew last week, and we’re giving best practices for us…

This is a weird episode because it is also the first episode (and possibly only episode) of a podcast Andrew is launching for a research project. We are leaning heavily into the themes we discuss all the time: pastoral rest and community. We’ll get into our weeks, and doing ministry on Super Sunday.

Lakeview has stepped up security, and Timmy now has a body man. Safety Harbor’s everlasting renovation project came to a finish. We are talking through life stages and what our kids perceive about them. Did you know that there are psychedelic churches now?