Sep 7, 2023 | Forgiveness, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor
I was reading recently about a group of neighborhood children who were playing baseball when someone hit one across the street, smashing through sweet old Mrs. Jones’ picture window. Instead of doing what I did as a kid—running away—the children went to Mrs. Jones’...
Sep 5, 2023 | Humility , Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor
In today’s episode we unpack six powerful ways humility shapes our leadership and sets us up not only to bear good fruit . . . but to do so over a long span of time. “The great act of faith is when man decides he is not God.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes I am not equipped...
Aug 31, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, The Church
Today’s post is the last leg of our journey through Putting the Good in Goodbye. We trust that we’ve offered you some tools to navigate those seasons when you become acutely aware pastoring is not for the faint of heart. We understand the weight of responsibility a...
Aug 29, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Pastor's Kids
In Part 2 of our conversation with JD Wiegand, JD unpacks what he wishes he could have said to his parents, to pastors who have children, and to kids whose parents pastor a church. If you pastor a church and still have children at home, you are not going to want to...
Aug 24, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, People Leaving, Transition
Sometimes those who’ve left our churches at some point decide to come back. Last week we learned how to handle that gracefully. In today’s post we talk about another type of leaving as we evaluate Chapter 7 of Putting the Good in Goodbye. We’ll walk through a process...
Aug 22, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Pastor's Kids
I (John) started in vocational ministry when I was 22 years old. I was about 3 months in when I heard an acronym for the first time – PK. That acronym was usually inserted into a sentence that went something like this . . . “Oh well, you know those PKs are a special...
