Leadership

How to Overcome Betrayal Trauma in Ministry

With their friends’ departures, pastors have had to recalibrate the very real cost of spiritual intimacy in doing life together.

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial Church: How Churches Can Fund Ministry Beyond Tithes

Entrepreneurial church models allow churches to step outside the walls of Sunday services and meet people where they live, work and gather. They open doors to relationships that lead to discipleship. They create spaces for people who might never set foot in a sanctuary to encounter the love of Christ.

Where Do you See God at Work in Your Church?

We know God is with us, but under the pace and pressure of life and leadership, we become focused more on solutions than His presence.

6 Things I’ve Missed During This Season of Preaching to a Camera

A few weeks into this madness, the global pandemic that has resulted in the unprecedented move to not provide physical worship gatherings at our...

5 Neuroscience Tips to Help People Pay Attention to Your Sermons

One of the most disconcerting feelings we pastors experience is when we prepare a sermon and pour our heart into it, yet feel that...

8 Unhealthy Dynamics That Destroy Motivation and Momentum

I have found that regardless of how motivated I am, if the people around me are unmotivated, we aren’t going to be very successful...

The Virus and the Church

How church leaders responded during the early stages of the pandemic.

Tips for Mitigating Risks When Your Church Reopens

In our rush to get churches open across the country, we need to be aware of the public response should something go wrong. What...

4 Guiding Principles for Addressing Issues of Race

The number one question and conversation I’ve been engaged in with leaders across the country is literally, How do we lead in times like...

5 Early Trends From Churches That Are Reopening

The regathering of churches for in-person services is garnering a lot of attention in both the religious and secular media. I totally get that....

Brain Secrets to Make You a Better Leader

I love leadership and I love learning about the brain. A few years ago I finished an executive masters in the neuroscience of leadership...