Leadership
When You’ve Been With Jesus, You Cannot Stay the Same

When You’ve Been With Jesus, You Cannot Stay the Same

When You've Been With Jesus, Your Life Begins to Change There are moments in a journey when you pause, not because the mission is finished, but because it’s worth remembering how you got there. A 75th anniversary is one of those moments. As I reflect back over the...

How Pastors Can Use AI in Ministry Without Losing the Soul of Ministry

How Pastors Can Use AI in Ministry Without Losing the Soul of Ministry

Pastors and Christian leaders are uniquely positioned to benefit from AI tools — and uniquely vulnerable to misusing them. Ministry is deeply human work. It involves souls, stories, suffering, repentance, celebration, and presence. Artificial intelligence can support...

Resilient Church Leadership Through Biblical Administration

Resilient Church Leadership Through Biblical Administration

Building Resilient Church Leadership Through Nested Communities Nestedness is a structure in which similar versions of the same spe-cies occur iteratively as a means of protecting biodiversity. One way to visualize nestedness is to imagine a series of islands...

Practice Solitude for Spiritual Renewal

Practice Solitude for Spiritual Renewal

Why Leaders Must Practice Solitude When we look at the life of Jesus, we see a busy man. He’s healing the sick, he’s feeding the poor, he’s preaching the good news to the world, he’s developing the leaders around him, and he’s fulfilling his mission on earth. However,...

The Power of a Seed and Lasting Legacy

The Power of a Seed and Lasting Legacy

The Power of a Seed Begins With Faith Orthodox Seed In 1963, Israeli archaeologists were excavating Herod the Great’s palace at Masada. As they dug, they found the usual suspects—ancient artifacts, artistic fragments, even some skeletal remains. But the most curious...

Your Life Is a Good News Story

Your Life Is a Good News Story

Living as a Good News Story in God’s Narrative If we want to become more of who God made us to be—both individually and collectively—we don’t need another new strategy for discipleship, we need a whole new narrative. Or rather, we need to return to the Good News...

Pastor as Gardener: A Biblical Model for Ministry

Pastor as Gardener: A Biblical Model for Ministry

Pastor as Gardener in Biblical Ministry The story of the early church—Mary, Thomas, Peter, and so many more—is a story of lives transformed through Jesus and then becoming more like Jesus in thought, word, and deed. The early Christians, as they lived in resurrection...

Leaders Must Remember They Are Beloved

Leaders Must Remember They Are Beloved

Do you remember your first leadership title? Maybe it was pastor, director, manager, or supervisor. You likely felt the affirmation and responsibility as someone entrusted to lead others. It’s a significant moment, but it can also be a subtle trap. Our title begins to...

Women Leadership, Faith, and Calling

Women Leadership, Faith, and Calling

What Do Leadership, Women, and Work Have to Do with It? Some of you may remember the song “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” by Tina Turner. Tina was reflecting on an abusive relationship, noting that love wasn’t enough to keep things together. Tina was married to Ike...

When You’ve Been With Jesus, You Cannot Stay the Same

When You’ve Been With Jesus, You Cannot Stay the Same

When You've Been With Jesus, Your Life Begins to Change There are moments in a journey when you pause, not because the mission is finished, but because it’s worth remembering how you got there. A 75th anniversary is one of those moments. As I reflect back over the...

How Pastors Can Use AI in Ministry Without Losing the Soul of Ministry

How Pastors Can Use AI in Ministry Without Losing the Soul of Ministry

Pastors and Christian leaders are uniquely positioned to benefit from AI tools — and uniquely vulnerable to misusing them. Ministry is deeply human work. It involves souls, stories, suffering, repentance, celebration, and presence. Artificial intelligence can support...

Resilient Church Leadership Through Biblical Administration

Resilient Church Leadership Through Biblical Administration

Building Resilient Church Leadership Through Nested Communities Nestedness is a structure in which similar versions of the same spe-cies occur iteratively as a means of protecting biodiversity. One way to visualize nestedness is to imagine a series of islands...

Practice Solitude for Spiritual Renewal

Practice Solitude for Spiritual Renewal

Why Leaders Must Practice Solitude When we look at the life of Jesus, we see a busy man. He’s healing the sick, he’s feeding the poor, he’s preaching the good news to the world, he’s developing the leaders around him, and he’s fulfilling his mission on earth. However,...

The Power of a Seed and Lasting Legacy

The Power of a Seed and Lasting Legacy

The Power of a Seed Begins With Faith Orthodox Seed In 1963, Israeli archaeologists were excavating Herod the Great’s palace at Masada. As they dug, they found the usual suspects—ancient artifacts, artistic fragments, even some skeletal remains. But the most curious...

Your Life Is a Good News Story

Your Life Is a Good News Story

Living as a Good News Story in God’s Narrative If we want to become more of who God made us to be—both individually and collectively—we don’t need another new strategy for discipleship, we need a whole new narrative. Or rather, we need to return to the Good News...

Pastor as Gardener: A Biblical Model for Ministry

Pastor as Gardener: A Biblical Model for Ministry

Pastor as Gardener in Biblical Ministry The story of the early church—Mary, Thomas, Peter, and so many more—is a story of lives transformed through Jesus and then becoming more like Jesus in thought, word, and deed. The early Christians, as they lived in resurrection...

Leaders Must Remember They Are Beloved

Leaders Must Remember They Are Beloved

Do you remember your first leadership title? Maybe it was pastor, director, manager, or supervisor. You likely felt the affirmation and responsibility as someone entrusted to lead others. It’s a significant moment, but it can also be a subtle trap. Our title begins to...

Women Leadership, Faith, and Calling

Women Leadership, Faith, and Calling

What Do Leadership, Women, and Work Have to Do with It? Some of you may remember the song “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” by Tina Turner. Tina was reflecting on an abusive relationship, noting that love wasn’t enough to keep things together. Tina was married to Ike...

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