Articles for Pastors

10 Words of Gratitude From a Preacher

What comes to mind when you think over your pastorate? Words of gratitude?

When to Lead as a Farmer and When to Lead as a Hunter

When leading like a hunter, leaders are quick and decisive. They learn by doing and they live with a convictional sense of urgency. When leading like a farmer, leaders evaluate, plant seeds for future change and invest in cultivating the culture.

Creating a Personal Growth Plan

There’s something more important, more powerful and far more effective than setting goals.

Leadership and Suicide: When Ending It Seems Like the Only Way Out

12 years on the other side of my dark night of the soul, the thoughts of suicide are gone (hopefully forever) and hope again burns bright.

Leadership Challenges—6 Things Leaders Hate Doing, but Need to Anyway

Pastors will never lack for leadership challenges. Here are six things that you need to do, whether or not you want to!

12 Reasons Your Church Doesn’t Produce Spiritual Growth

Tony Morgan offers a power-packed list of must-read spiritual growth stoppers that might hinder the growth of your church.

I Don’t Want to Change the World Anymore

I can’t say for sure if my heart was in the right or wrong place when I used to want to change the world. Sometimes I am sure my motives were mostly good.

4 Emotions That Can Take a Leader Out

The powerful thing about Jesus and the expression of His emotions is that they always seemed to be perfectly appropriate and perfectly timed.