by Ron Edmondson | Jan 18, 2023 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Coaching
I once worked with a guy who said to me, “I don’t think you’ve ever heard an idea you didn’t like”. He was right. I know about myself as a leader that I can be guilty of having a million “good” ideas. I also know that can be dangerous as a leader. I’m a...
by Brian Jones | Jan 13, 2023 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Communication / Preaching
A few weeks ago, my sermon in our first service completely bombed. It was the worst in recent memory. Between the first and second service, I re-wrote it and it turned out pretty good for the second and third services. The total time went from 26 minutes to around 21...
by Jeff Hoglen | Jan 11, 2023 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Pastoral Burnout
If you’re a church planter, you know that discouragement can come anytime. Whether it’s due to slow growth, financial struggles, or difficult relationships, discouragement can knock you off your feet and make it hard to keep going. But don’t give up!...
by Steve Sjogren | Dec 29, 2022 | Church Leadership, Coaching
Best Books of 2022. As the saying goes, “readers are leaders“ as well as the reverse of that, “leaders are readers.“ In light of the stack of books I’ve gone through this past year, here are half a dozen standouts. Chatter — The voice in our head and why it...
by Travis Stephens | Dec 16, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Pastoral Burnout, Small Church / Rural Church
If you look up the definition of margin, you’ll get a few different answers. The edge or border of something. The amount by which a thing is won or falls short. To deposit an amount of money with a broker as security. None of them really communicate what I’m looking...