Articles for Pastors

Zoom Meetings Are Here To Stay: Tips For Great Zooming

During my tenure at Leadership Network, there was never a week and seldom a day that didn’t include a Zoom meetings. So, when so much of the world shifted to Zoom over the past few weeks it was completely comfortable for me.

How I Found Out There Was Another Woman—And Moved Forward

Moving on when he moved out was a moment-by-moment process of relying on God’s strength to get me through.

Does God Give You a Map or Compass?

It doesn’t pay to memorize the route, because it’s going to change soon.

6 Tips on How Pastors Can Help Others Discover Their Spiritual Gifts

The more we pastors help people discover, develop, and deploy their spiritual gifts, the healthier our churches become. In this post I suggest 6 tips that can help others discover their spiritual gifts.

5 Things COVID-19 Is Teaching Us About Sunday School

It may seem hard to fathom, but a microscopic virus is doing some good things in the church’s most important ministry – Sunday school.

Church Leaders: Survivor, Reviver or Improvisor; Which Are You?

If you are a church leader the number one question right now is, “When and how do we resume in-person meetings?” As we enter this new phase of the coronavirus I see three distinct categories among church leaders. 

I Still Believe Character Matters

"The core value of good leadership is character."

Be Careful Which Way You Lean

We just keep falling in whatever direction we lean. If you want to break the pattern and end the repetitive cycle of sin, the pathway has to be short-circuited.