A Former Pastor’s Perspective on What Makes a Compelling Worship Service
In a recent article I wrote for Churchleaders.com, 8 Surprising Insights from a Former Pastor, I shared 8 key insights I’ve learned during the last 18 months as a former pastor. I’ve served 32 years in vocational ministry and took off the past 18 months to write, coach pastors, travel, and begin another master’s degree. The Churchleaders.com
5 Surprising Observations from my 7 Hours with 40 Pastors of Today’s Largest Churches
Each year Leadership Network offers an amazing two day online leadership conference called The Nines. The 2013 conference is scheduled for November 15-16 and will include dozens of today’s most influential pastors and Christian leaders. I’ve been asked to be one of the presenters this year. On August 1 Leadership Network gathered 40 of these leaders at
10 Transformative Takeaways from the Willow Creek Leadership Summit
Two weeks ago I attended Willow’s Leadership Summit and I’m glad I did. In my prior post I wrote about the 4 books I bought because of the Summit. In this post I list the 10 transformative insights I learned. The insights are mostly paraphrases from each speaker’s respective talks, with their names in parentheses. Margin: Make margin
My Journey from Preacher to Parishoner-8 Insights I Learned as “no longer a pastor”
I’ve served in the local church as a pastor for over 32 years, yet for the past year I’ve not served in an official pastoral role. After 7-1/2 wonderful years at a church in Aurora, IL, I left to accomplish several goals that I couldn’t have if I were on staff at a church. I
8 Benefits of Integrity in Life and Leadership
Integrity is taking a beating today. 20 baseball players potentially being suspended for doping Lance Armstrong being striped of all his awards for lying The IRS apparently misusing its power The Justice Department being accused of lying Identity theft occurring to 1 out of 10 people We live in a world where self-interest seems to
What over 1,000 Pastors Read: My Top 5 Posts in the Last 30 Days
Here’s a quick list of the top 5 posts my blog readers read during the last 30 days. 4Spiritual Disciplines Pastors Miss the Most 5 Brain Friendly Tips to Enhance Your Presentations 6 Soul Care Essentials for Pastors Top 10 Issues Facing the Church Today Are you a Transactional or a Transformational Leader: Take this
5 Reasons Why Every Pastor Needs a Coach, and Why I’m Getting One
After 32 years working in a church, I stepped down last year after a fulfilling 7/2; year run as a senior pastor in Aurora, IL. This past year I’ve accomplished several things. Completed a book for Inter-Varsity Press called People-Pleasing Pastors: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Approval Motivate Leadership. It releases in February of 2014. Almost
Brain-friendly Change: Sticky Tip 5
I’m in a 5-part blog series that gives a brain-friendly tip that you can use to make your organizational changes brain-friendly so that they stick. Today’s is Sticky Tip 5:Seed your culture with a change mentality Seed your culture with a change mentality Change evokes fear in our emotional centers because it implies threat and
Brain-friendly Change: Sticky Tip 4
I’m in a 5-part blog series that gives a brain-friendly tip you can use to make your organizational changes brain-friendly so that they stick. Today’s is Sticky Tip 4:Invite input Invite input Creating a change buy-in plan infers that you want to help people own the change. Why should they own it? Because people don’t
Brain-friendly Change: Sticky Tip 3
I’m in a 5-part blog series that gives a brain-friendly tip that you can use to make your organizational changes brain-friendly so that they stick. Today’s is Sticky Tip 3. Manage expectations As you create a change buy-in plan, consider the power of expectations. The brain likes to know what to expect so it can
