Tweet Did you know you’re an artist? You are. Sometimes the world steals our art. Let me explain. Be encouraged. MADE – Wonderful Maker from ron edmondson on Vimeo.
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Tweet Bottom line: Every organization — whether a church, business or nonprofit– needs change in order to continue to grow and remain healthy. But here’s the thing about change. If…
Tweet I continue to learn. I hit 51 years of age this year and one thing that’s become apparent over the last couple years is how much more I still…
I wrote a post recently about how to lead people older than you. (Read that post HERE.) Recently I was meeting with Ben Reed and another gentleman who kept referring to how young Ben appeared to be. It bothered me and I realized I needed to write the opposite post. Ben is a phenomenal leader and agreed to help me with this post.
Here are 8 ways to lead people younger than you
Tweet How’s that for a title? After I finished talking to a group of pastors recently, a pastor approached me and asked a question. He asked, “What do you do…
Tweet I’m a student of leadership. I am consistently talking to, interviewing, and learning from leaders I believe have been successful — regardless of their vocational field. If they have…
Tweet This is a guest post by my son Nate: My name is Nate, and I’m a millennial. That means I must love liturgy, hate big production in church, want…
Tweet This is a guest post by Jonathan Pearson: Email. It’s a necessary evil. Well, it’s not always evil, it can actually provide some great opportunities to communicate with people…
Tweet This is a guest post by Bill Blankschaen: It’s time. Or at least you think it might be. You’ve been sensing a struggle within for awhile, but you’ve kept it…
Tweet To be successful today there are a few things we must have. We’ve always needed them. We need them even more today. Here are 3 must-haves for success in…
Tweet I have only been in ministry about 14 years. In that time, I have been part of two revitalization churches and two church plants. We have been graced with tremendous…
Tweet I have the opportunity to speak to dozens of pastors each month. It’s one of my favorite things to do in leadership. Often I will share parts of the…
Tweet I love the story of Esther. If you haven’t read it lately, you can do so HERE. Here are the four principles I’ve observed from the story of Esther….
Jesus was specific about what it takes to be a good disciple. If we want to mature in our walk with Christ, we should pay close attention.
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Matthew 16:24 NIV
Here are three steps to be an expert disciple:
I have recently written two posts about reaching dreams. Actually I’ve written lots of dream posts, but two in recent days. One post (HERE) was about how to reach them and the other post (HERE) was about why you may not be reaching them. A couple of the comments on those posts brought up another important question. What do you do when you are stuck between dreams? I have written some about that issue also, but not recently or as specific as the questions were asking.
Perhaps you had a dream, but you got sidelined pursuing it. Perhaps your dream absorbed all your energy, all your resources, and all your passion, but it didn’t work and now the dream is dead and you don’t know what to do next. I understand. I’ve been there several times in my life. If this is your situation, here are a few suggestions:
Here are 5 suggestions for getting unstuck: