Count the conversations you had last week. Now sort them into three piles: people you lead, people you serve, and people you report to.
For most mini...
I'm writing this from Oregon. For the past few weeks, my office has been this porch with a view of mountains and my grandson. I did the same thing las...
Yesterday morning, I was scrolling through my phone and a name popped up. Brett. A pastor friend I hadn't talked to in a while. I made a mental note—I...
For the first 10 or 12 years of my ministry career, I believed something I'd been taught my whole life: "Ministry isn't what you do. It's who you are....
Twenty-six years ago, I was in an extensive interview for a new role in a new ministry far from home. After many of the predictable comments and quest...
I've been wanting to write on this particular topic for a while. So let me kick this article off today with a quote from the great "theologian" Dr. Ph...
There is a multi-billion-dollar industry built on a single promise: the next thing will fix your ministry. The next book. The next sermon series. The...
"You had me worried yesterday." That was Cindy, Monday morning, 6:45 AM. We were both walking out the door. Headed in opposite directions. She said it...
You know that dream. The one where you're standing in front of the congregation in your underwear. Or back in tenth-grade English class. Or wa
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