This is one of my most-read posts of all time. Times change. I updated the post and the reasons here. In the meantime, enjoy this original post. While social media and even traditional media are still preoccupied with mega churches…
You’ve dealt with them before. At your church, as a volunteer, on your staff, and as customers. Toxic people are, well, toxic. An unhealthy person can infect your team like toxins infect the human body. After some exposure, everyone feels…
It’s amazing to me how many leaders I know tell me they struggle with control. When I tell people I have control issues, a surprising number tell me, in hushed tones, that they have the same issue. Then, usually, we…
Sometimes there’s a revolution going on, and you can sense it, but you can’t quite name it. Almost every leader is caught in one of those moments right now. How you lead—and how you need to lead to be relevant—is…
Effectiveness. Success. Realizing your dreams. Call it what you want, almost all leaders (and most people) dream of a better day. A burning sense of mission drives most leaders. But what happens when you begin to achieve it? What happens when…
Church leaders do it all the time. Ask them who they’re trying to reach. Their answer? Everyone. It sounds appropriate. I get that. What else are you going to say? After all, the Gospel is for everyone. But that’s not…
I had one of those rare Sundays off as a church leader yesterday. I went to our church, Connexus, with my family. (I took this picture from where we sat in the back row.) I didn’t serve, I didn’t have…
Every time you lead change, someone inevitably complains “It will never be the same again.” In fact, some of you are wincing at the mere mention of that phrase. It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Almost every leader at some point faces…
Most leaders are ambitious, or at least somewhat ambitious. And some of that’s good and God-given. But let’s ask an awkward, difficult, and at times piercing question: What motivates your ambition? Mostly I don’t like that question because I don’t…
Everyone loves a great boss. And everyone loves to be led by a positive, kind, skilled leader. But it seems few people think they are led by a leader like that. The tone the leader sets is a major factor…