This concludes the review of a survey I conducted recently on the health of pastors and ministers. There were 466 responses and I’ve shared the results in four different posts (including this one). If you missed any of them, see here:

Results, Part 1

Results, Part 2

Results, Part 3
Here are [...] Continue Reading…

I have a strong desire to help improve the quality of leadership in churches and ministries, especially among the next generation of Christian leaders. My youngest son, Nate, who has already proven to be a great leader in the environments where he’s served as one, consistently encourages me that [...] Continue Reading…

In honor of Bubba Watson winning the Masters golf tournament today, I thought I’d share my favorite Bubba joke.

There once was a guy named Bubba.

Bubba once told his friend “I know everyone in the world. I really do.”

His friend replied respectfully, “Now Bubba. You know a lot of people, [...] Continue Reading…

The tomb is still empty.
HE is not here; HE has risen! Luke 24:6.
Happy Easter!

Pastor do you feel a pressure on Easter unlike other Sundays?

It seems there is an internal pressure to:

Find an obscure verse.
Address the story from a new angle
Reveal new insight in applying the story
Develop a character like no one else has
Tell the story in a fresh way

I feel the pressure. [...] Continue Reading…

If you’ve been following my blog, you know I’m releasing the findings of a survey I did last month involving the health of pastors and ministers. There were 466 responses. Honestly, I’m not surprised by some of my findings, but they are serving to confirm some of my suspicions. [...] Continue Reading…

I’m releasing results of a survey I conducted through my blog last month on the health of pastors or ministers. The survey is now closed, but there were 466 unique responses. You can read the initial survey post HERE.

I am breaking these down into several posts to cut down [...] Continue Reading…

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…