This post is co-written by Carey Nieuwhof and Mark Clark. In a culture where everything’s changing, so is preaching. Sure…the message never changes, but the method has to if you want to be effective. What worked in preaching a decade…
John Townsend is one of today’s top business consultants, leadership coaches, psychologists and best selling author of 35 books. John talks why high performing leaders experience more negative self-talk than others, why it eventually becomes counter-productive, and how to rewire…
It’s the hope of almost every preacher I’ve ever met that people will embrace Jesus. That’s been my hope every time I preach. And yet the opposite seems to be happening: more people than ever before seem to be walking…
This is a guest post by Dillon Smith. Raising up new communicators can feel like navigating a minefield. There is a tension that anyone trying to invest in the next generation of communicators feels. On one hand, you want them…
I admit it, I can be a little sensitive to criticism. Whenever I’m finished giving a sermon or talk, you know what I really want to hear? You crushed it. That was world-class. Best message ever. That was spectacular. Show…
Christy Wright became an entrepreneur at age 23 and now coaches business leaders full time in addition to podcasting and speaking on some of the biggest stages in the world. Christy shares some remarkable insights on the fears most entrepreneurs…
Let me guess. Every time you need to talk about money in church, you wince. And when you open your mouth and start talking, so does everybody else. I know… because I’ve been there. The truth is, it isn’t fun…
How do you build a world-class bakery in a village of just six thousand people? A bakery so popular it creates traffic jams with people from across the country wanting to get in? You break all the rules and create…
Succession has emerged as one of the Church’s major issues in the next decade. Businesses are not that far behind in struggling with succession. Most senior pastors (especially founding pastors) hang on too long. The question is why. In a…
Almost every leader I talk to these days feels overwhelmed, and a growing number are struggling with burnout. I get it. The onslaught of information, requests, and demands on everyone’s time seems to be growing rapidly every year, and it’s…
This is a guest blog post by Dillon Smith. Dillon is my content manager and has been on my team for 3 years now. It’s true, when I started this job, I hated conflict. Maybe you do too. Your heart…
Joel Manby became the CEO of SeaWorld shortly after Blackfish was released – a documentary about the relationship between killer whales and their trainers at SeaWorld. Joel talks about the crucible of his time there trying to address the concerns…