Apr 23, 2020 | Anxiety, Calling, Career, Change, Clarity, discouragement, Doubt, Fear, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Work
Last October, Laura and I replaced the flooring in our house. Not a project for the faint of heart. For about three weeks, we found ourselves caught in the middle of chaos . . . ripped up floors; furniture crammed into nooks and crannies; boxes of new flooring stacked...
Apr 16, 2020 | Calling, Career, Emotional Health, Fear, Leadership, Pastor, Productivity, Uncategorized, Work
Today, a practical post from our teammate, Jaime Hlavin. Enjoy ~ John So much has changed over the past month that I think it’s safe to say the world in which we live right now barely resembles anything we are accustomed to. And I realize this post may not apply...
Apr 9, 2020 | Alignment, Calling, Career, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Physical Fitness, Uncategorized
Physical fitness . . . the final frontier (insert Star Trek Music). Today, we’re tackling the subject of getting our bodies into shape, and in some ways, it feels like we’re approaching the last great frontier when it comes to personal alignment and health for...
Mar 26, 2020 | Calling, Career, Lay Leadership, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Today, a must-read post about spiritual hunger from Converge Coaching teammate Jaime Hlavin. Enjoy ~ John On a cold November weekend in 1997, I experienced a fairly traumatic car accident that left me in a state of significant soul-searching. No one had been injured,...
Mar 19, 2020 | Calling, Career, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Work
Today Jaime Hlavin helps us understand an incredibly important principle . . . responsibility to vs. responsibility for. Enjoy ~ John Responsibility. As leaders, we probably feel the weight of this word more heavily than most. We have big responsibilities. We make...
Jan 30, 2020 | Calling, Career, Focus, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Missionary, Pastor, People-pleasing, Stress, Work
It was a sunny summer morning, circa June 2019. At the gym, earbuds plugged in, listening to a podcast, when all of a sudden, my day was rocked by the words of the person being interviewed on the pod: “Leaders need to ask themselves . . . am I only doing what only I...
