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Navigating the 4 Phases of a Sabbatical

Four phases are common to a good sabbatical experience, but each one is fraught with temptations that can sabotage the best of intentions.

How do you lead the way forward when the rules change?

When the rules change, everything and everyone goes back to the drawing board. The challenge is, embrace change as opportunity not a threat.

PASSING THE BATON: # 1 // You Can’t Unring the Bell

How do you know when the time is right to hand off the baton of leadership to your successor? What are the signs that you’ve stayed too...

Leadership When a Pandemic Threatens the Church

Even though we are 6 months in, we still ride a roller coaster of unpredictability where church leaders must pivot over and over again.

The Connection between Courage and Results

I have a theory: courage is the sinew that connects behavior to results. And, fear is a sinkhole that sabotages the best of intentions....

Healthy Leaders Admit —They Don’t Know

The book of Job is a book of questions. Uncomfortable, hairy, galaxy-sized questions. I counted them all one time. Depending on how you...

Avoiding Mission Drift

Mission drift is a real thing and it doesn’t just happen to others. None of us have immunity. However, one consistent practice can help...

Great Teams Choose Tension

Great leaders and great teams learn to embrace creative tension and reject the simplistic solutions of “either/or thinking.” One constant...

The Church has Left the Building — 5 Leadership Responses

I remember a profound moment with my daughter ten or fifteen years ago. We were engaged in one of our “deep thought hour” conversations...

How to Thwart Change with TWO Words

If you’d rather avoid the risk of change, this is your lucky day! The easiest way to avoid change with the least amount of effort is by...

Just Courage

Here is one choice our heavenly Father wants us to understand as Christians. Do we want to be brave or safe? (p.113) The daily protests,...