Leadership

Clean Your Bookshelves and Your Soul

Don’t let the comfort of familiar pain prevent you from embracing the unknown discomfort of positive change.

15 New Year’s Resolutions Straight Out of Scripture

What would a set of New Year’s resolutions look like for you and your church, your role as a leader, or simply as someone who wants to live a life of strategic kingdom investment? And specifically, what if they came from the Bible?

Perfectly Imperfect Churches

Most of the great breakthroughs and innovative ideas are a result of problems being viewed not as a problem to solve, but an opportunity to make things better.

Leading While Bruised

The hard parts of ministry and life usually are used by God to unearth the false identities and comforts that I tend to cling to other than God himself.

The No. 1 Threat to Pastors and Church Planters

There is one thing that is repeatedly the downfall of biblical figures and modern church leaders alike.

Speak Peace

This is the time to focus on the core message of your church. Based on the talent and gifts of the pastor, teaching, worship and other teams, what is the most essential message you should be sharing?

5 Resolutions for the Leaders of Your Church

The best pastors find ways to create a collective vision with input from various church members. They do not champion their preferences as the vision for all.

3 Reasons to Encourage Teenagers to Serve in the Church

Why the church should embrace teens serving on Sundays

How Your Pressure Shapes Your Leadership

Chronic stress leaves the stress hormone, cortisol, in your body and brain for extended periods of time (as well as imbalancing brain chemicals called neurotransmitters).

How to Handle Resistance to Change as a New Pastor

The default setting to change something is only natural for a good leader. Having a vision means being dissatisfied with the status quo.

Pastors, Consider These 4 New Year’s Resolutions This Year

While you won’t always be as consistent in your followthrough as you had hoped, the process of setting resolutions can be an important spiritual discipline that at least sets our focus in the right direction.