Leadership

Seeking Humility

Biblical synonyms for pride include conceit, superiority, insolence, arrogance, boasting, contempt, wrongdoing and self-centeredness.

Avoid the ‘Fixing Trap’

Jesus didn’t come to fix us from afar. He came to walk with us.

Aging Well in the Faith

Physically, we can live 40 days without food and three days without water, but only seconds without breathing. Spiritually, we can do no better.

Follow These Steps for Pastoral Retirement Planning

Retirement means many different paths to people. This guide centers on pastoral retirement planning for church leaders and helps address unique concerns.

Avoid These Threats to Your Church’s Organizational Health

When an organization gets too comfortable, threats to organizational health emerge—boredom, complacency, and indifference are common results.

A Better Conversation in Church

The guide for a better conversation in church: Unless we plan on uprooting the Spirit from our lives, we’d better plan on being gentle, loving, kind, and patient, and letting the political chips fall where they may.

How Much Shut-Eye Do You Get?

When we don’t get adequate sleep we can become more rigid in our thinking and less adaptable. Rigid thinking impairs good decision making.

Am I Cut Out for This? Leadership Insecurity

When leaders build internal legitimacy, their leadership insecurity rests on their sense of calling from God.

The Missing Ingredient in Church Leadership

What we’re overlooking in our conversations about leadership

20 Things I Learned From Attentive Church Leadership

"The well-defined leader continuously pursues internal alignment, embracing their true self before God. Attentive Church Leadership defines who they are more than the expectations of individuals or the apparent successes or failures of any organization." -Kevin Ford and Jim Singleton

What to Do When Your Sermon Falls Flat

7 tips for those weeks when you didn’t bring your best stuff