Pastors

Our View of Serving People is Broken

To serve means to see and act on serving people the way Jesus did. Jesus brought the best out people.

My First Four Lessons as an Executive Pastor

Do you know the distinguishing differences between being the leader and supporting the leader?

Nice Guy, Good Pastor . . . But a Bad Friend?

Most pastors are nice people, they just don’t make good friends. Hear me out: being a good pastor might make you a bad friend.

4 Aspects of Developing Key Leaders

Pastors, ministry teams, and developing key leaders must work together to create a healthy leadership culture in which ministry teams members partner with staff members to provide intentional leadership over an area of ministry.

15 Great Christmas Sermon Tips Every Preacher Needs

There's no shortage of advice for Christmas sermons -- and we need all the help we can get! Peter Mead of BiblicalPreaching.net offers 15 practical suggestions for Christmas sermons.

7 Signs the Insecure Leader on the Team . . . Is You!

If you live insecure, you’ll die insecure. You don’t outlive insecurity. You outgrow it.

Thanksgiving: the Forgotten Holiday

I call Thanksgiving The Forgotten Holiday. Retailers are so eager to get Christmas sales they overlook it, and worship leaders are so busy preparing for Advent.

13 Thanksgiving Meditations

Slow down! You're probably not scheduled to preach on Thanksgiving Day, so why not enrich your own spiritual life with these Thanksgiving meditations.