Last month I posted a survey of pastor’s and minister’s health. There were a total of 466 unique participants. The survey is now closed, but you can see the original post HERE. I’ll be sharing the results over the next few days. There will sometimes be two posts in [...] Continue Reading…

I recently wrote 7 Impractical Leadership Principles and Why I Use Them. One comment on the post stood out to me, because admittedly, as much as I believe in the post, this is a difficult aspect of leadership.

Someone wrote in reference the principle “I watch people fail”:

I am in [...] Continue Reading…

It’s a pet peeve of mine in leadership.

I once had a boss who told me how to do my sales meetings with my department. He wasn’t going to be at the meeting. He didn’t know the people on my team. He was holding me accountable for results in sales, [...] Continue Reading…

A look at John 12:12-28. Sometimes things have to get desperate before they get better. Let’s look at the final week of Jesus earthly ministry. Things are getting desperate, but Easter is coming!

The Hour Has Come from Gcomchurch Sermons on Vimeo.

I love the opportunities I have to invest in young pastors. I’m encouraged by what I see in this generation of pastors entering church work. They want to learn and grow from older leaders.

I consistently try to convince them I’m not the guy to listen to, but they keep [...] Continue Reading…

Cheryl and I were in a grocery store out of town recently. We turned the corner into a main aisle and instantly saw a gentleman slip and fall. He wasn’t injured…or at least he said he wasn’t…but it shook him up quite a bit before he scrabbled to his [...] Continue Reading…

Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen. Psalm 77:19

…through the darkest days of my life…..where were you God…..I only saw one set of footprints in the sand…..where were you God….those were the times, my child, when I carried [...] Continue Reading…

Do you agree?

I hear people use this verse for the wrong application:

Exodus 14:14 “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

I’ve heard well meaning people use it as an indicator that, because we are on the winning team, we will never face another battle. Not true.

Here’s [...] Continue Reading…

I was talking with a pastor recently who had a hard decision to make. After much prayer and wise counsel, he was certain this decision would positively impact the church to continue the momentum God had granted them, but he also knew it was likely to be unpopular with [...] Continue Reading…