Pastoring Your Church After the Trigger is Pulled
Tucked away in 1 Chronicles is a curious description of a certain family of leaders – a...
Stumbling Blocks & Temptations of Pastors
For pastors and individuals in ministry, or who aspire to ministry, there can be a variety of temptations and stumbling blocks that they...
Andy Crouch on Leadership
In this episode of the Am I Called Podcast, Andy Crouch, author and Executive Editor for Christianity Today, joins Dave and Stephen to...
When Leaders Implode (Part Two)
Part One In the previous post, we discovered that churches come with splash zones. When leaders...
When Leaders Implode (Part One)
Part Two During my years of working with pastors and churches, I’ve occasionally been called upon to assist a church in crisis. Some...
Am I Next?: Reflections For Lead Pastors On The Latest Celebrity Tumble
I’m sitting in the Louisville airport reading a news release about the fall of another high-profile pastor. A week rarely passes without...
Shepherding Pro-Bono – Why Lay Elders Matter
I know, I know. For some this title smacks of discovering the obvious, like waking up to finally...
Jared Wilson talks Ministry and Calling
In this episode of the “Am I Called?” podcast, Dave talks to Jared Wilson, Director of Content Strategy for Midwestern Baptist...
Tool: Caring For Your Lead Pastor
Our friends at the Sojourn Network put together this handy tool: a post preaching checklist adapted from my article Caring For Your Lead...
The Painful Payoff of Releasing Onesimus
Part One, Part Two This is the final installment of our series reflecting on Paul’s letter to...