We can learn from just about anyone and everyone, but we must read with discernment. These two Harvard Business books deliver a little wheat with the chaff.
God often speaks to me in the middle of the night. I suppose it’s because that's when I'm the quietest. Choosing to listen to Him is a priority I constantly need to remind myself of.
I am often struck by how little preparation, money and person-power is spent on the online worship expression.
The Lord wants us to confidently rely on him, even if he has allowed hardship to befall our businesses and churches.
A quick checklist on how you view change.
The echo chamber resounds when we only surround ourselves with like-minded people. Jesus would have us do otherwise.
How do you find momentum and growth in a season when everything you spend your life working toward changed overnight?
Jesus never advised his church to be the same. But he did encourage the church to be one. Becoming one is an intentional appreciation of difference.
The book helps us develop a philosophy of worship, and it guides us as we lead worship teams and congregations into intimacy with our Lord.
If you’re anything like me, reading articles or books on prayer can leave me feeling guilty for not praying as much as I should.
Pastor, God has wonderful opportunities for you and your ministry, but you must be prepared to take advantage of them when they come.
In my review of Improv Leadership, I want to take a look at three of the authors' five leadership competencies, and how they can help you become a leader of champions.
Although my seminary profs never directly taught me to question the dumb leadership assumptions I’ve listed below, even if they had I wonder if in my youthful enthusiasm I would have listened.
Even as leaders—who supposedly know how to pray and stay strong in faith—we can grow weary in our unanswered prayers.
Who would have predicted the articulation of these sentences in churches prior to 2020? It has been a strange year. It has been a painful year.
I believe there are three important perspectives leaders need to embrace during the current complexity of rapid change.
In this true story, a grandmother's emotional response left long-lasting scars in my childhood church. I wish a leader had stepped forward to prevent it.
How do we begin leading our leaders and our people in changing the default metrics that define ministry success?
Sometimes our strength is built up in stillness, our confidence buoyed by prayer.
Ready to get messy? You’ll never know how greatly God wants to use you in this world until you’re willing to move toward the messes.
