Pastors

Most churches make one of two mistakes when it comes to marketing. Either they fail to market their church or message in any way, or they market them ineffectively.

A while back, I was having lunch with a bright, young pastor. As he described his work as a pastor and church planter he said, “What I really don’t enjoy much is shepherding.” A shepherd who doesn’t enjoy shepherding?

I'd like to suggest that there's a world of difference between "Everything happens for a reason" and "God brings reason out of everything that happens." This is how I see the phrase, God is in control.

Here’s the bottom line: Your decisions matter because they provide the foundation for how your team performs. If your word can’t be counted on, chaos happens because your team has lost its compass.

It seems to me that when we talk about being a good Berean we’re usually thinking about assessing the claims of others that are brought before us. And we do need to be Bereans when it comes to the truth claims of others.

I haven’t always been a family devotion guy. It’s not because I didn’t want or aspire to be; I did. But we went a long time as a family before pulling the trigger and trying to integrate this practice into the regular rhythm of our family life.

Organizations and teams that lack trust are unable to engage in unfiltered and passionate disagreement around the mission of the organization.

Leadership is lonely in some ways. With every step in leadership we make comes the inevitable increase in loneliness. The higher we climb in leadership, the more responsibilities we get, the lonelier we become.