The Most Dangerous Animal on Our Safari
Earlier this year, our family joined others from our church on a trip to Uganda to visit some of our global partners. It’s a beautiful country, and they are amazing people. While on the trip we got to...
View Article2 Realities That Often Stifle Conviction for Developing Leaders
Until one holds a deep conviction to develop younger or emerging leaders, leadership development will not happen. Conviction is necessary. How do you know if you have a conviction? If you can imagine...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Use “The Good Kind of Deconstructing” Language as a Pastor
A year after I became a Christian, I went off to college. A few guys from my high school called me a Jesus freak—and they didn’t mean the statement as a compliment. When D.C. Talk, a Christian band,...
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3 Reminders From the Brief Moment When Adolescent Mental Health Improved
In Jean Twenge’s most recent book, Generations, she offers research-based insight from different generations currently living: Silents, Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z. In the chapter on Gen Z,...
View Article3 Inexpensive Leadership Decisions That Are Very Costly
Earlier this year, I wrote about five expensive leadership decisions that are worth more than they cost. Meaning, it is wise to spend the money and invest in your marriage and family, generous giving,...
View ArticleExcellence and When What Seems Like a Sacrifice Is Not a Sacrifice
Here are two different types of people on a team (athletic, organization, ministry, etc.): One person considers the sacrifices willing to be made for the sake of the team or for the sake of excellence....
View ArticleA Case for Christian-ese
Every culture has a language. I am not only referring to the languages people speak and write within an ethnic or geographical culture but also to the languages of subcultures. I have been reminded in...
View ArticleRefusing to View Challenges as Sacrifices
I recently pointed to insights from Dan Chambliss about the relationship between excellence and loving the hard work associated with improving one’s craft or discipline—that those who become excellent...
View ArticleMinistry (and Management) By Walking Around
David Packard, one of the founders of Hewlett-Packard, is credited with coining the acronym MBWA and the accompanying phrase “management by walking around.” It’s a phrase I have read in multiple...
View Article4 Common Marketplace Leadership Sayings That Don’t (Fully) Apply in Ministry
Augustine articulated that “all truth is God’s truth.” When a true leadership principle is discovered in the marketplace, the author of that principle is God Himself, whether the people who discovered...
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