Michael Hare
After serving churches as a senior pastor for over two decades, Michael serves as Staff Chaplain and Ombudsman for Compassion International. He is also a member of a church health consulting team where he serves as the church conflict specialist. His PhD is in conflict analysis and resolution. He is the author of a new book entitled: When Church Conflict Happens: A Proven Process for Resolving Unhealthy Disagreements and Embracing Healthy Ones (Moody Publications, 2019). Michael and his wife, Colleen, have four children and six grandchildren and live in Colorado Springs, CO.
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Pastor, Please Don’t Lie to Us.
“Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices” (Colossians 3:9).
“Lying lips are an abomination to...
If You Can’t Read the Room, You Can’t Lead the Room
First, a shout out to Dan Vander Wal, one of our sharp campus pastors at 12Stone, for giving me this idea for a title....
The Great Burnout: a 2026 Report on Pastor Well-being and Its Impact on Church...
Pastor burnout in 2026 is no longer a quiet struggle carried behind closed office doors. It has become a systemic pattern, one that shapes...