Practical wisdom for pastors and church leaders – lessons lessons learned through decades of leading, failing, changing, and trying again.
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You can’t measure Gospel impact
For my pastor friends: I wonder how the speaker felt at the end of the service that night. She and a friend had been so…
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Should you start, fix or just trash that ministry, event or idea?
Two the hardest questions in leading in ministry are Should we start doing this new thing? Should we stop doing this old thing? The reason…
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Four Opportunity Killing Mistakes Young (and old) Leaders Make
I love investing in younger leaders, and as I get older almost every leader I meet with is a younger leader. Younger leaders are the…
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How to Handle a Moral Failure (Part 3)
In case of emergency, don’t panic My goal in writing this series of posts is to help churches with a situation I hope they never…
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How to Handle a Moral Failure (Part 2)
Lessons from the front lines As I mentioned in Part 1 of this series this has become very personal topic for me over the past…
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How to Handle a Moral Failure (Part 1)
The text said, “Call as soon as you can, I have to talk to you today.” I knew my friend wasn’t texting because he had…
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Why women can’t lead in your church
As I have watched the scandal unfold at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary over the past few weeks I have been struck by the underlying tone of men’s…
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How to know when its time to call it quits
Summer has come and it feels like everyone is on the move. Almost every day I hear of another church staff member leaving their current…
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How an honor culture can crushes your soul
Last fall we while staying with some friends in England we discovered an important principle about wiring. After taking a shower one morning Sherry plugged…