Articles for Pastors
How the Best Leaders Develop Self-Control
Under pressure it’s easy to be swayed by your own emotions, make reactionary decisions or be tempted to trade long term success for more immediate rewards.
Articles for Pastors
The Kobayashi Maru of Sunday Sermons
I admire and respect courageous communicators who carry the weight of communicating to such a diverse crowd on Sunday mornings.
Articles for Pastors
5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Preach Other People’s Sermons
Almost monthly I hear of pastors (most of whom will never make the headlines) who are losing their job because of plagiarism—using someone else’s content but passing it off as their own.
Articles for Pastors
20 Encouragements for Struggling Church Leaders
Ministry can be an enormous blessing and it can be an enormous source of pain and heartache.
Articles for Pastors
“The Angry Few” in Local Church Conflicts
Sometimes they’ve taken power when leadership voids existed, and they assume they still have that power. Or, they’re fighting to keep the power they lost when new leadership arrived.
Articles for Pastors
When Speaking About Jesus’ Bride: A Warning
The Apostle always reminded believers of what they were, even while correcting the sin that was so pervasive in their lives.
Articles for Pastors
7 Powerful Habits of Outward-Focused Churches
The mild culture of outreach in churches has been replaced with no culture of outreach.
Articles for Pastors
5 Dumb Myths Too Many Leaders Believe
How do you know you haven’t fallen for a leadership myth that simply isn’t true?