Leadership

You Can’t (and Shouldn’t) Please Everyone

Learning to balance the natural tension of loving and caring for people, but not allowing someone to leverage their personal agenda or hijack the vision of your church is part of the leader’s responsibility.

An Atheist’s Take on the Decline of Christianity

Strange that a famed atheist bemoans the loss of what Christianity has brought to culture, and an agnostic the loss of what Christianity brought to the dynamics of human community.

Silencing Antagonists

Skillful leaders demonstrate compassion toward the antagonist knowing that there was likely something in their past that has caused them to live an angry, defensive life.

4 Ways to Keep Your Emotions In Check as a Leader

One of the greatest strengths a leader can posses is his (or her) ability keep his emotions in check, to stop reacting. However, when...

Avoiding the Comparison Trap

It is hard to lead a small church or a young church. Perhaps it is even more challenging today than it once was. Church...

How to Raise Up Women Leaders

Raising up women leaders should matter to all of us, but it requires an oft-lacking intentionality. Women make up more than half the church, and...

What the Working From Home Trend Could Mean for Your Ministry

When the pandemic went into full swing and the lockdowns began, I was working with a ministry client who also owned a successful business....

12 Practices That Have Made Me a Better Preacher

I don’t claim to be a great preacher, but I love to study and proclaim the Word. Below are some things—some that may be...

Pivoting Your Church Budget

As we continue in this Ministry Pivots Series during this season of COVID-19, we have to look at how our ministry budgets need to...

12 Things the Analog Church Has Learned About Going Digital

COVID has been like a mission trip for the analog church. We thought we were going on a short-term trip to a place that felt...

3 Practices to Keep Your Brain Sharp

I have a passion for the brain and how applying newly discovered brain science can impact leadership and spiritual growth. I even wrote a...