Leadership Transformation – 17 Ways Forward
17 ways to transform your leadership that I picked up from these leaders over the years. I hope they’ll provide personal growth and leadership transformation for you in the months ahead.
Biggest Leadership Pet Peeves? Here Are Mine – What Are Yours?
Someone once asked me, “What are biggest leadership pet peeves?” I didn’t need to think about it. I said, “When a leader says one thing and does another, or they don’t mean what they say.”
“The Problem With My Old Church Was . . .”
I think God is blessing a movement of multiplying churches that are helping to fill the earth with the good news of Jesus. But the side effect of our multiplying efforts is applying of the same church shopping mentality we use at the mall.
Compelling Preaching – 6 Questions That Will Help Your Next Sermon Reach Everyone
If we hope to lead everyone in the room to the truth of our message, we must start by connecting everyone in the room to us and our message. Compelling preaching is not a simple task.
Preaching and Storytelling – They Go Together!
One of the quickest ways we can connect better with our preaching is to tell better stories and tell them in more effective ways. Let’s look at a few easy and practical ways to become better storytellers, of combining preaching and storytelling.
Your Church Plant Needs a Problem Solving Culture – Here’s How
The best ideas typically come from people who are closest to the problem. Here are a few ideas about how you can establish a problem solving culture.
Why Church Planters Should Care About Church Membership
I want to focus on just one aspect of how Scripture talks about the church—the images of the church—and consider how these metaphors support and inform our understanding church membership.
Leadership and Friendship – What Church Planters Need Most
What did friendship mean to me during my years as a pastor? What is your experience at the intersection of leadership and friendship?
Unhealthy Dependencies: 3 Ways to Avoid Nurturing Them
Sometimes we solve people’s problems by giving them answers instead of fostering insight. These choices are unhealthy dependencies.
9 Ways Christian Ego Prevents You From Experiencing God
Why don’t more Christians, myself included, look more like Jesus? Ego. Christian ego.
Leaving Ministry: When a Secular Job Looks Inviting To A Pastor
Everyone thinks about leaving ministry. I’ve been there. I know pastors and staff members who are there now. And, I’ve known leaders who actually took this route. It happens.
