Sep 19, 2023 | Communication, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor
Today we kick off a 2-week series of pods entitled Leadership & … Leadership and Communication Leadership and Seismos Moments Today we start with Part 1: Leadership & Communication. Effective communication is a super important skill, but it is hard. No matter...
Sep 14, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Surrender, Trust
Leadership tosses a variety of storms our way . . . some are garden variety storms; others are white-knuckle events. In today’s post I want to unpack a familiar passage of Scripture with you, explore some of the larger storms leadership tosses at us, and then outline...
Sep 12, 2023 | Co-Vocational, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest
In 2015, more than 38% of pastors in the U.S. were co-vocational. Almost every church has at least one co-vocational pastor on their team. Tim Diehl defines a co-vocational pastor as a person who serves as a pastor in a church and carries one or more other jobs in...
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...
