Articles for Pastors

I have learned three huge lessons about humble leadership throughout my two decades in pastoral ministry. These lessons illustrate that the best leaders are broken leaders.

We leaders often enjoy the affirmation and adulation of others as we express our ideas, provide direction and set future courses. But falling for it is a danger to your ministry.

How to create a positive, biblical culture in your church and then how to protect it.

One of the most challenging tasks of leadership involves sorting through seemingly endless opinions you hear almost every day about pretty much everything.

What do you do when people are trying to be kind (or wimping out), and what you hear from them is not honest?

A newspaper's decision to reveal government secrets contains lessons for leaders.

Some of you are wondering whether to quit your jobs. Some of you are wondering whether to quit ministries you have within your local church. You’re discouraged and you’re ready to give up. Should you?

Christians tend to rally around one another when there is an outside attack or threat, but it seems we do not fare so well when the battle is amongst us.