Many Christians will treat sexual sin like it’s the worst of sins, but then gossip about sexual sin as though they did nothing wrong. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you think back on your leadership, gossip is…
Every once in a while, you hear a question you can’t get out of your head. A while back, I was listening to Sean Morgan’s interview with Ashley Wooldridge from Christ Church of the Valley. It was a great conversation…
“5 Essential Tips for Leading a Remote Team” is written by Jenni Catron. Jenni Catron is an author, speaker, and Founder and CEO of The 4Sight Group, where she and her team focus on cultivating healthy leaders and thriving team…
By now you’ve heard the number. According to a recent Barna poll, 42% of pastors have seriously thought about quitting ministry in the last year. As you can see from the graph below, that number has risen significantly, jumping from…
Ah, to be out of crisis. You thought it’d feel different as a leader, didn’t you? But as Craig Groeschel has aptly pointed out, leading out of crisis can prove more difficult than leading through crisis. If you’re like a…
As you’ve noticed—as everyone’s noticed—there seems to be something rotten in the Denmark of Christian leadership. Every time you think there can’t be another megachurch pastor who fails, well, there’s another megachurch pastor who fails. And those are the stories…
In a moment (or era) when so many people—especially young people—are deconstructing their faith, what do you do as a pastor or church leader? How do you even begin to respond? Recently, Joe Terrell wrote a brilliant and beautiful post…
“The #1 Reason to Fire Someone (and How to Do It Well)” was written by Gavin Adams. Gavin is a ministry and marketplace strategist, communicator, and leadership partner who spent 15 years in ministry leadership, most recently serving as the…
“The HACK to Online Growth” is a sponsored post by Clint Rogers, founder of Pro MediaFire. Pro Media Fire is a creative digital agency committed to helping mission-based organizations amplify their reach. In today’s high-speed world, we are all yearning…
Most leaders I know are struggling in some area of their life or in their leadership on a regular basis. The last few years have put that struggle into hyperdrive. Whatever has been left in the leadership landscape has been…
I turned 57 last week, and to mark the moment I thought I’d offer some random, unsolicited advice. And one thing that happens as you get older (it started happening to me at around age 42) is things that seemed…
As a church leader, you probably have a love-hate relationship with online church. For many leaders, 2020 was either an about-face on online church that found them suddenly embracing it, or it was a quick pivot from a hybrid approach…