Practical wisdom for pastors and church leaders – lessons lessons learned through decades of leading, failing, changing, and trying again.
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Should Women Preach or Lead in the Church? Maybe…
While being interviewed by key leaders for a teaching pastor position, an elder asked me whether I was a complementarian or egalitarian. I confidently stated…
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Back to the Past: The Quick End of Innovation in the Church
About a year ago many of us were saying, “Church has changed forever, it will never be the same.” We adopted the word phyigital (which…
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How can we heal as a church?
(This article originally appeared as a Facebook post) Following the 2020 election and the subsequent attack on the U.S. Capitol last week it is clear…
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“Hey Pastor, you’re doing it wrong”, Everybody
What a crazy time to be a pastor. The only thing you can be absolutely sure of is no matter what you do, or don’t…
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Disciple making gone horribly wrong
After a long day of ministry Jesus is exhausted. He desperately needs to get away from the crowds and rest, so he gets into a…
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Pastors: Survivor, Reviver or Improvisor; which are you?
If you are a church leader the number one question right now is, “When and how do we resume in-person meetings?” While some churches never…
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Please don’t cut off your ear
I saw this post from a pastor this past weekend: “I’m wrestling through my significance as a pastor. I didn’t realize how much I relied…
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What to do NOW as we enter Coronavirus Phase 2
Phase 1 of your church’s response to the coronavirus restrictions was insane!. In Phase 1 you had to figure out in the span of a…
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What if everything we knew about church changed? What then?
Sundays feel weird. Normally Sundays are energizing, challenging and exhausting. On Sundays we get to do the things we are wired to do; preach, lead…