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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What did friendship mean to me during my years as a pastor? What is your experience at the intersection of leadership and friendship?
Sometimes we solve people’s problems by giving them answers instead of fostering insight. These choices are unhealthy dependencies.
Why don’t more Christians, myself included, look more like Jesus? Ego. Christian ego.
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.
