What does a healthy church look like? How does a healthy church function? Here are eleven questions to ask in diagnosing church health…
Leadership
Develop Problem-Solvers — Leading Healthy Change Part 8
Today, we break into problem-solving a little deeper—that is, how and why to develop teams of problem-solvers. What is one of the primary functions of a team of leaders in a church ministry? Problem-solving…
When You Don't "Feel Like It…"
Do you ever have moments where your heart sort of just “crashes?” You hit a wall spiritually. Suddenly, you don’t feel like going to church. You don’t feel like reading God’s word. You don’t feel like caring. You don’t feel like exercising. What do you do in that moment?
How Jesus Confronts My Leadership Heart
As a spiritual leader, my daily conversation with God is often drawn by His Spirit back to recurring themes. As Jesus asked His disciples “Who do you say that I am?” or “Will you also go away?”—I often sense His rhetorical cross-examination of my leadership.
Leading Healthy Change Part 7
Do you avoid conflict? Do you relish it? We are going to examine how effective leaders solve problems! Let me begin with some questions…
Why You Can Be Thankful for Criticism
Do you ever face criticism? The title of this post seems so paradoxical! Should we really be thankful for criticism?
Leading Healthy Change Part 6
Leadership is absolutely a team thing. Merely having a title and an office doesn’t make you a leader. This is especially true if you are attempting to bring about renewing, reviving kinds of change.
Leading Healthy Change Part 5
The Apostle Paul was a great communicator, and it’s worthy to note how God used Paul to communicate, especially regarding “change.”
The Most Powerful “Thrive Factor” for a New Year
Have you considered recently the power of attitude—how much our attitude toward life and circumstances determines so many of our outcomes? Attitude determines whether I see an obligation or an opportunity…
Leading Healthy Change Part 4
In this post, I want to regress a bit and build on the point of building healthy relationships—as this is the foundation of everything else you do in ministry…