If you had to boil down your deepest passion in ministry – the blazing flame God ignited in your heart years ago – what is it? Sure, you’re passionate about every aspect of the ministry, but what’s the core passion that burns brightest in your spirit? And how hot are the flames these days? For […]

As a busy leader, is there anything you’re never too busy for? Maybe you’ve said to your assistant, “I’m never too busy to take a call from my spouse. No matter what I’m doing, you can interrupt me for that call.” The question is, is God in that category? When my husband and I bought […]

Cultivating relationships within your ministry brings alignment, agreement, and advancement. But who has time? And who knows how?! Fortunately, we were designed by God for deep relational community. As we intentionally draw near to each other, community begins to grow naturally and ends up being easier than we initially thought. Recently, our leadership team met […]

For leaders, the verse – “redeeming the time, because the days are evil” – can spur us to burn midnight oil and candles at both ends. After all, time’s a wastin’ and there’s important work to be done! The second hand of our watch can be like a whip-cracking slave driver who shouts, “Hurry up, […]

Words like stop, rest, enjoy, and celebrate aren’t found in the titles of many leadership seminars. But they’re found in the life of Jesus and they’re worth emulating, no matter how busy we are. Whether it’s a staff member’s birthday, a client’s salvation, or a successful event – let’s take the time to commemorate it, […]

Brain fog happens to all of us. We read a passage in Scripture, get to the end, and realize we scanned the words without comprehending them. Or, we stare at our desks with 19 projects staring back at us and don’t have a clue where to begin. Or, we load up our days with back-to-back […]

It’s human nature and the nature of leadership to compare ourselves to other leaders. We plop ourselves on the proverbial scales and see how we measure up. The problem is, we’re never comparing apples to apples. And the bigger problem is, God doesn’t recommend it. Fortunately, He provides ample truth and wisdom to help us […]

If you’ve been in leadership more than a month, you know that conflict comes with the territory. Churches and ministries are comprised of human beings, and “to disagree is human.” When verbal fists fly, it’s tempting to throw a few of our own and before we know it we have blood on our hands. So […]