Church Hurt Can Wound Pastors and Ministry Leaders Too The large church my friend’s family had helped build abruptly dismissed her son, their associate pastor. This honorable young father suddenly found himself with no income and lots of confusion. My friend asked,...
As we think about finding and living our purpose on planet Earth, we need to rethink much of what the world teaches us. The world insists that “bigger is better,” “more is mightier,” and “success is measured by size,” yet God tells us that those things are rarely...
Why safety in a church is built quietly, over time, long before anyone needs it Safer Ministry Environments Begin With Watchful Leadership Most of us who lead in ministry never set out to build a safe church. We set out to build a faithful one. We wanted to preach...
Healthy Roots for Leaders Must Be Stronger Than the Storm When a tree topples, typically no one is harmed, but a toppling leader brings damage to everyone surrounding the leader: a family, a company, a congregation. Trust is broken. Dreams and goals seem to be ruined....
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Church Hurt Can Wound Pastors and Ministry Leaders Too The large church my friend’s family had helped build abruptly dismissed her son, their associate pastor. This honorable young father suddenly found himself with no income and lots of confusion. My friend asked,...
As we think about finding and living our purpose on planet Earth, we need to rethink much of what the world teaches us. The world insists that “bigger is better,” “more is mightier,” and “success is measured by size,” yet God tells us that those things are rarely...
Why safety in a church is built quietly, over time, long before anyone needs it Safer Ministry Environments Begin With Watchful Leadership Most of us who lead in ministry never set out to build a safe church. We set out to build a faithful one. We wanted to preach...
Healthy Roots for Leaders Must Be Stronger Than the Storm When a tree topples, typically no one is harmed, but a toppling leader brings damage to everyone surrounding the leader: a family, a company, a congregation. Trust is broken. Dreams and goals seem to be ruined....
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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