Book review: On Reading Well, by Karen Swallow Prior
Here's my review of On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books, by Karen Swallow Prior.
5 ways to build a leadership culture without breaking the budget
Today I want to give you five ways to develop your team and five things you can do this week to get started.
3 reasons you need communication coaching
Have you wondered why sports teams need coaching? Can't the team members get together and decide what they should do?
4 possible responses to cultural change
We need to know how the eternal Word of God shapes our understanding of current issues and how we can share the gospel compassionately and courageously with the people around us.
How Jesus’ leadership influenced my everyday emails
How can you get more people to open and read your emails?
3 proven ways to keep your leadership fresh and powerful
In leadership, there's nothing quite like proven, reliable experience. But if you're not careful, all that experience can slide into nothing more than tired staleness.
Here’s what to consider when making leadership decisions
Today, I want to look at a few things to consider when making leadership decisions. This will help you become a more aware leader.
Numbers do matter
We are in a historical cycle in the evangelical world where the mood is to disparage counting, attendance, and other numerical metrics.
4 tips for giving clear feedback to creatives
Giving feedback to creative people can be a murky experience.
How the paper-straw problem impacts our churches
If you could wave a magic wand to fix one issue in your church, what would it be? Lack of volunteers? Poor engagement in community outreach? Low levels of financial giving?
9 quick insights about church conflict
With many facets of society in turmoil, we often expect the church to be a place of solace, serenity and shalom. That hope and dream is not always realized.
Who imitates you as you imitate Christ?
At whose shoulder do you stand to learn the rhythms and routines, the lifestyle of discipleship? Who provides you with instruction, example, and encouragement?
Are you still making team decisions? This is why they’re doomed to fail
The idea that there is such thing as a "team decision" is one of the biggest myths in leadership.
Permission to pause
Rarely is someone looking out for you and your long-term sustainability. Most people are just demanding more from you.
Walking by faith in your business life
Being led by the Spirit of God in your life is an adventure—one that will take all kinds of unexpected twists and turns.
Leader, look behind you
Ultimately, not everyone is a leader.
Building group culture
Not all ideal cultures look the same, but they have the same ingredients.
7 questions we did not hear from pastors 5 years ago
It is cliché to say the landscape of church ministry has changed in the past five years, but it is most definitely true.
10 tactics for leading creatives
There is a tension between leaders and creatives within any organization.
How prayer walking led to a step-by-step strategy
"He renews my life; he leads me along the right paths for his name's sake. Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff—they comfort me" (Psalm 23:3, 4, CSB). Gandalf was right when he said, "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door." For the first time in over two months, Ollie the Border Collie and Millie the Black Dog and I stepped out of our door for our morning walk. We have walked several times with my bride recently, but this was our first [...]
