What if, instead of being frustrated at the over-commercialization of the Christmas season, we saw it as an opportunity? I get the idea...

Think back to your first visit to a new church. Did you like it? Did you come back? Did anyone notice you? Likely the way you experienced...

I am meeting more and more people who feel like spiritual orphans. They grew up in a church, they went off to college, started a career,...

Do I share my story? Do I share friend’s stories? Do I pick on a denomination? Do I pull a quote from the New York Times? Sadly, abuse of...

There are a ton of books on leadership development, vision, delegation, moving from intern to executive and plenty of others with catchy...

I have hired a lot of ministry staff. Hundreds of volunteers, dozens of paid interns and multiple pastoral staff including being part of...

I follow Jesus, not the bible. Obviously. Yet, even as I write that it causes an unease and I am sure for many who have grown up in...

Have you asked others for grace? Or like me, have you received an email that said, “thanks for your grace” as a not-so-subtle way of...

In an environment where employers are trying to attract talent with a variety of perks, why are so many employees ignoring one of the...

We live in a cultural moment that seems hopeless. We do not yet have the benefit of hindsight or the perspective that time brings to...

How much time and energy do I spend wondering what others think of me? There is something inside all of us that wants others to think...

I would handle power better than those in power. How common is that thought today? Would you? How do you define a good use of power?...

We often subconsciously assume that our pastors and church staff are wise and thus our expectation is they won’t fail us. We don’t really...

Which translation do you use? What is the point of this question? Is it genuine? Or, does it come with some agenda seeking to prove why...

I recently had to "find" another church. Through a complicated and compelling pile of circumstances I found myself looking. I also found...

“Do I stay or do I leave my job?” We enter the marketplace or paid ministry and find ourselves working with people in organizations with...

Leaders get the microphone, they are unmuted on zoom and have followers waiting to hear what they have to say. Isn’t it counter intuitive...

You may be familiar with Rick Warren or John Piper, but digging a little deeper here are a few names of people with less followers and...

You are too busy not to schedule alone time. It sounds counter intuitive, but you are too busy to avoid alone time. It is often the first...