Leadership Challenges

Leading with humility or confidence or both?

Leadership is bound to bring about opportunities to be humbled. It’s inevitable. The messiness of life often gets in the way of the plans we have and things rarely go as expected. But a good leader embraces the opportunity and grows from it. Humility [...]

By |2019-09-03T09:49:55-06:00August 8th, 2019|Categories: Leadership Skills, Leadership Challenges|

Is this risk I’m taking faith or foolishness?

As ministry leaders we want to be people of faith and obedience. Leaders and pastors who aren’t afraid to take risks for the Kingdom of God, to step out into uncharted waters for God’s glory. We want to live our ministry with faith, trust, [...]

By |2020-07-09T12:49:31-06:00May 23rd, 2019|Categories: Leadership Challenges|

Pursuing God’s Ways: Is Your Family Receiving Your Leftovers?

If a pastor or ministry leader isn’t careful, the success of their ministry could mean the failure of their family. Whether single or married, kids or no kids, every ministry leader must be aware of the temptation to let their work take over their [...]

By |2019-08-20T15:32:25-06:00April 26th, 2019|Categories: Leadership Challenges, Pursuing God's Ways|

Managing Ministry Stress

Anxiousness, worry, stress—these are things we are not supposed to have, right? Because… There are more than 365 verses in the Bible that say, “fear not.” (Maybe one for every day of the year?) Studies show that 80 percent of what we worry about [...]

By |2019-03-25T12:53:44-06:00March 25th, 2019|Categories: Personal Health and Renewal, Leadership Challenges|

Pursuing God’s Ways: The Danger of Pretending to Have it All Together

When I lived in Bolivia one of my favorite places to visit was Museum Mascara, or the Mask Museum. Within its walls were hundreds of masks that represented various culture traditions, rituals, and people groups in the country. It was a fascinating place! Each mask [...]

By |2018-11-27T11:51:49-06:00November 27th, 2018|Categories: Leadership Challenges, Pursuing God's Ways|Tags: |

Living life like a flamingo: In balance

I was teaching in a first grade classroom recently and I asked the students to draw animals they see at the zoo. One child drew a creative picture of a flamingo balancing in the water on one leg. Later that day I was thinking [...]

By |2018-05-18T15:15:55-06:00May 20th, 2018|Categories: Personal Health and Renewal, Leadership Challenges|
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