One of the most daunting aspects of leadership is the continual challenge to keep the vision clear and hot.

If you’re a pastor, you know exactly what I mean. Every week you’re caring for people, preparing messages, solving problems, developing staff, overseeing budgets, and making hundreds of decis...

Why clarity should come before action

Leaders love momentum.

Give us an opportunity, open a door, and we’re ready to sprint. We don’t like waiting. We don’t like uncertainty. We want to make something happen.

I’ve done it more times than I can count.

The problem isn’t that we’re moving. The prob...

Recently I had one of those strange leadership days. For about eight hours, everything was clicking. Conversations were productive. Ministry was moving forward. I was energized. Then one difficult hour happened.

It wasn’t catastrophic. Nobody died. The church didn’t implode. But one frustrating int...