Tweet The title is a little misleading. The only way I know of to avoid criticism as a leader – Is to not be a leader. Many in leadership positions…
Tweet I remember an especially hard year as a leader. It was so bad several members of our staff had told me where I was letting them down. So much…
Tweet There are some things in leadership I could almost say I despise. Those things are almost always the ways people misuse or even abuse their leadership power – or…
Tweet In making a first impression the little things matter. When a visitor shows up on one of our church campuses for the first time the little things matter. When…
Tweet There are a lot of gray issues in leadership. So many times I simply don’t know what to do. I try to lead by consensus building, but even with…
Tweet Leadership is hard and every decision a leader makes is subject to opinion. Different opinions. Lots of different opinions. Every hard decision a leader makes excites some and upsets…
Tweet I entered ministry after a long career in the business world. I had significant life and leadership experience, but honestly, some of it was learned through tremendously painful experiences….
Tweet Every pastor and church I know is trying to recruit more volunteers. As a church planter and church revitalizer, I learned this is especially true those of us who…
Tweet In deciding what picture to go with this post, I chose an old pickup truck. Side story, and totally unrelated to this post, my Great Uncle had a truck…
Tweet As a pastor, the larger the church grew the greater the tension I have felt between being available and being accessible. That has been equally true every time God…