Resilience

What Leaders Learn When People Leave

Leadership, Ministry, Resilience

It’s happened to all of us, too many times. The text chimes or the phone rings with news from a...
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The Secret Strength in Seeing Weakness

Character, Leadership, Resilience, Tenacious Tuesday

If you read much of what I write, there is one word you’ll often hear: weakness. Why? Let me offer a few reasons that may help your...
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Fear Never Leads Well: How We Keep Courage in Ministry

Ministry, Resilience

Twelve years ago, I was diagnosed with glaucoma — an eye disease that damages the optic nerve, darkening one’s field of vision. Test me...
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Faith and the Homesick Leader

Leadership, Resilience, Tenacious Tuesday

Halfway down the hallway of faith, the writer of Hebrews stops and points to a counterintuitive...
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Leaders, the Suffering You Hate Produces the Resilience You Need*

Leadership, Resilience

In 1941, imprisoned at Dachau, Polish craftsman Franz Kempa fashioned a violin from scraps of wood and makeshift tools. Hidden inside was a...
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Leaders, Prepare for Difficulty

Leadership, Resilience, Tenacious Tuesday

How would you respond if someone told you today, “Listen, I can’t give you details, but just know that the next few years are going to...
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