Practical wisdom for pastors and church leaders – lessons lessons learned through decades of leading, failing, changing, and trying again.
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How to Lead Your Team to Go Further Faster
At the recent Orange Conference I was invited to teach on the topic of leading your team to go further faster. Below I share my…
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Fruit on Other People’s Trees: The Legacy of Bob Buford
A couple of days ago Bob Buford stepped through the curtain of mortality into the the presence of Jesus. I am happy for Bob as…
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Bill Hybels and the challenge of finishing well
The first time I heard Bill Hybels speak was at Willow’s 1994 Prevailing Church Conference. I sat on the right side of the old auditorium,…
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How to work for a church AND love God
Every time I interview someone for a job at a church I always tell them that working for a church can be challenging to their…
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Elephant Pee and Five Things to Do After Easter
One Easter I was working for a church that did an “illustrated sermon” each year on Easter complete with sets, costumes and live animals on…
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Five Things Pastors Need To Do Before Easter
One spring a church staff member informed me he was taking Easter weekend off. (It felt like Tom Brady telling Bill Belichik he was skipping…
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Three Keys to Having An Abundance of Volunteers
The number one question Sherry and and I hear from church leaders all over the world is, “How can we find enough volunteers?” The primary reason…
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Five words your church should ban
I recently read an article in the Harvard Business Review titled Ban These 5 Words From Your Corporate Values Statement which reminded of a mistake…
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Does Your Mission Statement Suck?
Why do you do what you do? Recently Sherry and I were in a pre-service meeting at a church where we were speaking that morning.…