9 Ways Great Leaders Communicate
Great leaders are great communicators. Communication certainly includes making a great speech, or for pastors, delivering a compelling sermon.
Author: Charles Stone
Charles Stone: What I Learned from Kids Who Are Surviving Cancer
That’s when, as I fought back tears, I jotted down these insights that I learned from these kids who are surviving cancer.
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.
Avoid the Leadership “Death Spiral”
An aviation term called a death spiral describes what can happen to a plane in nighttime or poor flying conditions when a pilot loses his sense of the plane’s horizontal orientation. In ministry, leaders can often get caught in a similar downward spiral.
Three Pastoral Priorities You CAN’T Lose Sight Of
I’ve learned that if I prioritize a few key choices, my life and leadership dramatically improve and my ministry becomes more effective. Here are three key choices I encourage as pastoral priorities.
Stress Measurement—4 Subtle Signs You Are Stressed Out!
Stress can diminish brain functioning, which in turn shows up in subtle ways in our bodies. Take the quick self-evaluation below and ask yourself if any of these are true of you.
What You Don’t Know About Church Dysfunction May Kill You
If I had seen how dysfunctional batons pass from one leader or significant stakeholder to the next, I could have avoided a lot of grief— or least prepared myself to handle those issues better.
Church Planters and Boundaries: Why It’s Such a Struggle to Set Them
When it comes to church planters and boundaries, why is it such a struggle to set healthy ones?
Is Chronic Stress Killing Your Leadership?
This often overlooked brain fact profoundly reduces leadership effectiveness—chronic stress diminishes your ability to lead because of how it affects your brain.
6 Dumb Church Planter Mistakes To Avoid
A pastoral veteran shares with honesty about some of the “dumb” mistakes he’s made.
