When we pastors love God and love others well, we extend those same graces to people in our churches. So how can we encourage our church to make our job joyful and in doing so fulfill Hebrews 13:17? Consider these four suggestions.
Richard Blackaby reviews Dave Ferguson's book, "Hero Maker: Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders."
Part of being a believer is changing from what we are to what Christ desires for us. Lasting outward change comes from genuine inward change. The reason this is important for leaders to understand is God has not just called us to lead a church or organization, but to lead people—his people.
In today's fast-paced world, where busyness is glorified, effective leaders have a unique opportunity to stand out by avoiding the trap of constantly saying, "I'm busy."
Trudy Cathy White, is the youngest child and only daughter of Chick-fil-A founders Truett and Jeannette Cathy. She is the author of several books, including Along the Way, Climb Every Mountain, and A Quiet Strength, and the book we will chat about in this interview –- A Legacy that Lasts: Preserving and Transferring Your Family Values.
These are considered the four hardest jobs: President of the United States, a university president, a CEO of a hospital, and a pastor. I have served as a pastor for over 35 years. It can be tough and pastors must care for their souls. Consider these 8 ways to refresh your tired soul.
I probably don't have to tell you this, but the reality of most work environments is that expressions of appreciation and recognition are often few and far between. When I'm involved in management training, I try to impress upon managers the need for employee recognition and the great benefits it can reap.
By casting bad bosses and unhealthy corporate cultures as the villains, many talking heads would have you believe that you are doing a heroic thing by disrespecting your employer before, during, and after your departure from the company. But this response is totally out of sync with Scripture.
If you're like most Christians, then you want to read the Bible more often—and more consistently—than you have in the past.
Richard Blackaby reviews James Clear's book, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones.
Here are five tips on communicating the ways your community will benefit from your church, ministry or organization.
People in the church couldn’t put their finger on the reasons, but the congregation had stopped growing and suffered division.
And as we have embraced Zoom meetings as a new reality of our leadership world, we have also seen that such virtual meetings have formed a laboratory of sorts for important leadership principles. Here are four key leadership truths that have been re-enforced by the world of virtual meetings.
Deep reverence is true wisdom. Forsaking evil is real understanding. As bottom lines go, these parallel thoughts are truer than true.
Why do people who want to read the Bible more often struggle to follow through and do it? Here are some reasons.
Truthfully, there are important things in leadership that all of us miss. One of the toughest challenges for those of us who lead is that every leader develops blind spots. You just don’t see things that are there. All of us miss things that are clear to any other person, but not to us.
Becoming aware of the multiplicity of views will help you broaden and deepen your perspective on work. Such a broadened and deepened perspective might also lead you and other people of faith to greater inner satisfaction with work if not to more smiles on the way to work.
