Sep 26, 2023 | Fear, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Trust
Today in Part 2 of our two-part series, Leadership & …. We tackle the subject of Leadership & Seismos Moments. You can listen to the podcast here. The video version is here. Matthew 8:23-27: “Then he (Jesus) got into the boat and his disciples followed him....
Sep 21, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Success
The Oxford English Dictionary defines success as: 1) The accomplishment of an aim or purpose. 2) The attainment of fame, wealth, or social status. 3) A person or thing that achieves desired aims or attains fame, wealth, etc. My Generation X childhood memory of success...
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’...
