There's a thought experiment that haunts me: What would happen if we took the Bible seriously? Not just as a collection of inspiring stories or moral guidelines, but as the…
Category: Leadership

Aligning Your Ministry and Work to the Overall Vision of the Church
Victor was a retired CEO of a hospital supply company in our town, and when he agreed to be a deacon, I was absolutely thrilled. He’d bring so much insight,…

I love you. I must be going.
You can measure one's faith by their ability to move on. Jesus encountered many people who fawned and queried Him, looking to work out some kind of bargain, complete with…

Why Your Character Still Matters
In 1996, when I was an editor at LifeWay, I spent a handful of days in the hospital. It was a difficult. I’d never spent a night in the…

How Godly Humility Can Lead to Lasting Unity
5 Traits of a Humble Leader I don’t know about you, but I can’t wrap my brain around the task Moses faced. Can you imagine the pressure of being a…

I put my hand over my mouth
It’s something in the core of most people: a desire to find out what or who causes messes. And no one likes to get the blame for a mess. As children…

Ten Errors of First-Time Deacons
Welcome to life as a deacon! Always exciting, inspiring, fulfilling and self-satisfying. Wait… that’s not exactly true. Let’s start over. Welcome to life as a deacon! Much different than you expected (that’s a…
You Might Need to Delegate.
If you have to use a remote to ring the Sunday School bell because you are keeping the preschoolers and teaching the Ladies Senior Adult class on closed circuit TV, you might need to delegate.
If you come home from work one day only to discover that your son left for college, entered med school, and set up a practice before you realized he was gone, you might need to delegate.
If your teammates base can all fit in your Smart Car, you might need to delegate.
If the Deacon’s decide to attend worship on a rotating basis, once every quarter, you might need to delegate.
If “Hello, I can’t help you I’m snowed under,” becomes your standard phone greeting, you might need to delegate.
If your wife has to set up an appointment 3 weeks in advance in order to schedule an meal together for her birthday.
If you have over fifty-five “…. for Dummies” books in your study, you might need to delegate.
If you go back to school to learn how to play the bass and the basics of interpretive dance because your church is going contemporary, you might need to delegate.
If you develop an involutary twitch everytime somebady says “can you..”, you might need to delegate.
If the Church schedules an intervention for you with Dr. Phil, You might need to delegate.
If you find that you have become the chairman of the deacons and the WMU, You might need to delegate.

The Dynamics of Transition
We are all in transition. But the transitions that mark our destiny and create our story are the ones that are thrust upon us by the Creator of a greater…

6 Surprising Things about Leadership
I sometimes hear myself say, “Nothing surprises me. I’ve seen it all. The good, the bad and the slightly unattractive.” But that's not exactly true. I am constantly surprised. I’ve seen sucker punches on…