Articles for Pastors

Heroic Leadership Positions Other People to Be Heroes

If anyone needs to be recognized heroic leadership, it’s these leaders. That’s exactly why point leaders need to ensure they are never “hero hogging.”

What To Wear to Church on Sunday: Does It Really Matter?

What should Christians wear to Sunday service, particularly in the morning, which is traditionally more formal? Is this question even worth talking about? I'd like to offer a few thoughts on this topic here.

5 Ways to Motivate Staff

To motivate staff and volunteer leaders in the church or in any organization begs the question: How can we do it better? David Rock, author and speaker, offers fresh insight from neuroscience about how we can best motivate others.

How Grace Grows

We have created a Christendom where we can choose churches the way most people choose restaurants: according to our individual tastes, as if grace grows by Yelp reviews.

7 Encouragements for Worried Leaders

The fact you worry shows you are normal, human, and conscientious as a leader. You want to be successful and the natural reaction is to worry when you feel you may not be.

12 Truthful Marriage Vows You Won’t Hear at a Wedding

While I’m not against writing marriage vows Casanova would applaud, I am against vows that are more romantic and emotional than practical and honest. Here are 12 truthful vows you won’t hear at a wedding.

Discerning Temperament Helps Heal Disagreements

I have been thinking often of the diversity of personalities (each person's unique temperament ) represented in the church, and how that diversity plays into the heated conversations that we have online.

John Piper: How to Overcome Sexual Sin

John Piper discusses how many of us miss the point in overcoming sexual sin. In his response, Piper described the current struggle in stark terms.