Tweet I have found that regardless of how motivated I am, if the people around me are unmotivated, we aren’t going to be very successful as a team. This is…
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Tweet Here’s a reality I came to a year of so ago. We have placed so much energy investing in the next generation of leaders that we’ve left a ton…
Tweet Some of the most vocal opponents to changes we made in church revitalization were simply rule-followers. That’s huge insight. Don’t miss this. These people liked to know we were…
Tweet One reason we can expect smaller crowds upon church reentry is not the virus. That’s part of it for sure. It makes sense. Especially if you’re high-risk you should…
Tweet I’ve been working in and around church revitalization for close to 20 years. The first church where I served as pastor, after entering vocational ministry, was a small, rural…
Tweet In my desire to care for pastors, I’ve observed a few things about pastors during this pandemic. In fact, I can predict some things about you right now, pastor….
Tweet I have been writing about the times of crisis, especially from the viewpoint of leadership. I’ve written these posts previously, but like most crises, none of us saw this…
Tweet In my last post, I shared 5 things not to do in times of crisis. I am writing this with the leader in mind, but I suspect they may…
Tweet I first wrote a post like this in 2010 following a huge flood that devastated our county. As a pastor of a large church, we were called upon to…
Tweet There are those moments in leadership when you have to make quick decisions. If COVID-19 has taught us anything it is that sometimes we just have to move forward…