Notes For Pastors Who Lead
Honest, practical writing on pastoral health, building a team, and leading a church that grows without grinding you down — the same ground I walk with the pastors I coach.
What you celebrate determines what you reproduce.
I said that sentence twice in a teaching earlier this year, and I haven't been able to shake it since. It's one of those lines that sounds simple until you hold it up against your own church. Then it starts asking uncomfortable questions.
This is t...
The Lie I Kept Telling Myself
I used to tell myself a lie: I just need more help. I said it in my head on long weeks, and if I'm honest, I said it out loud to the people closest to me more than once.
Over the years God has confronted me with what was really going on. I had all the helpers I needed...
The Assumption That's Quietly Costing You
What if one of your assumptions about how to be effective is actually working against you?
Here's the one I want to put on the table: competition. Not the healthy kind that sharpens a team, but the quiet, low-grade version that lives inside most of us — th...
My first experience at IKEA was magical. The giant, waving flags outside the massive, blue structure with yellow, giraffe-sized lettering made me feel like I was walking into a theme park.
We entered through the front door and I instantly felt drawn in. It wasn’t just because of my Scandinavian her...
