Practical wisdom for pastors and church leaders – lessons lessons learned through decades of leading, failing, changing, and trying again.
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Karaoke Worship, Cold Turkeys and Flop Sweat
The Sunday before Thanksgiving, 1993, I had the brilliant idea to have a turkey potluck at the small church we were pastoring outside of Houston.…
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Cheerleaders, kiddie pools and middle school accountants; how lead pastors can reach the next generation
Tomorrow morning at a ridiculously early hour I will head to The Orange Conference, a gathering of over 8000 NextGen leaders from all over the…
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A Day For Irrational Hope
The Saturday before Easter is traditionally a day of waiting, of mourning, of reflection; Holy Saturday. We picture the disciples huddled, hiding in Jerusalem, afraid…
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What’s the Right Price for Preacher’s Sneakers?
The guilty pleasure the past few weeks has been the Instagram account @preachersnsneakers which posts pictures of popular pastors wearing expensive shoes (and other designer items)…
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Kicking Camels on the Monday Before Easter
It’s the Monday before Easter, Super Bowl week for the local church. This weekend you will likely see more new faces at church than you’ve…
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Is your event a cul-de-sac or a roundabout?
We love living on a cul-de-sac. We know many of our neighbors, the grandkids can play in the street without a lot of concern and…
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The Power of Partial Credit
In America the quest is for the gold, the ring, the trophy. We want to stand on the podium and show the world what we’ve…
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Is This the Best a Man Can Get?
There has been a great deal of controversy around Gillette’s commercial in which they address “toxic masculinity” played out in a “boys will be boys”…
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The Roundabout Way
For a long time I had a model for the ideal journey of leader as a straight path from point A to point B. When…