December 2017 Last summer my dad passed into eternity. Then three months later, Lori’s mom crossed into heaven, too. Last week, just six weeks later, we evacuated from our neighborhood as the Lilac Fire burned toward our church, our home, and the homes of many families in our church. Here’s what I’m wondering: how does […]
51 Powerful Bible Verses for a Leader’s Thankful Heart
Are you feeling thankful today? Would you like to be overflowing with thanksgiving a few minutes from now? It’s normal for us as Christian leaders to be thankful in our theology, but to overlook expressing it in our lives. When you think about it, you’re thankful. But how often does thankfulness cross your mind and […]
10 Great Strategies for Church Anniversary Celebrations
New Song celebrated its 25th Anniversary recently. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 25 years since we had our first service in that Community College auditorium. So much has happened. So many lives have changed. You can see the service here. Anniversaries are a big deal. Or they should be. Humans were wired up […]
How to Have 2 Awesome Hours of Sermon Prep
3 Ways to do your Best Sermon Prep and Have a Better Week What if you had two hours every day to be your most productive and do your best work? Imagine peak sermon writing productivity, or powering through your best thinking and planning. Here’s what I’m finding: two hours a day of peak creative […]
How to Leverage Social Media to Reach your City
Guest post by Jason Daye. Director of Ministry Development at Outreach, Inc and Host of The ChurchLeaders Podcast I guess I wasn’t expecting it, but there it was. A message from an old friend, whom I had not spoken with in many years. He contacted me through Facebook, explaining that the encouraging posts I had […]
How to be Sure you’ll Make the Most of a Mentor
How do you know that getting a mentor will be worth it? It’s normal that you would be wondering. How do you know for sure that you can have a good experience in a mentoring relationship? You might have had a less than stellar mentoring experience already. You might have been a less than stellar […]
Mentoring for Pastors: How to Find the Right Mentor at the Right Time
Do you need a mentor? Hmmm, let me think about that for a minute… …only if you want to become more like Christ, live for Jesus more purposefully, and see your church take ground for God’s glory. So, yes. Unless you already have one. Here’s what the Bible says about mentors: “For waging war you need […]
How to Preach the Big Truths of the Reformation
It’s easy to preach about the Reformation. It’s never too late, because the people and the principles from the Reformation will help your church members grow up in their faith. They’ll get sound theology and world-view from the stories you’ll tell and the Scripture you’ll teach. Here’s how I preached it last weekend. Read on […]