How to Differentiate Between Self-confidence and Arrogance

Scientific research shows that human beings are not always good at evaluating the true qualities of leadership, and are even occasionally attracted to the...

Overcoming the Blue(s)

Had some good days last week. Working like crazy with enough writing to do to last a life time (it seems), but I took...

Leading the Church When You Doubt Yourself

When the disciples gathered on the mountain in Galilee right before Jesus ascended, some of them doubted. The source and degree of this doubt...

Kick It In the Teeth…now!

One of the main things I encounter when I run into church leaders is discouragement. It’s endemic to the calling.  Every leader I know...

What to Do When the Pastor Stirs the Pot

“….according to my gospel, for which I suffer hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal….”  (2 Timothy 2:9) Pot-stirring: To take a stand on a...

Link Love (2) — the Churches I Track with

Leaders and leading churches are such an encouragement.  At least they encourage me.  Solomon was right, there really is nothing new under the sun.  Every time...

How to Recognize God’s Voice

“The sheep follow him because they recognize His voice” (John 10:4). My friend, Pastor James Richardson, now in Heaven, told me his granddaughter Leanne, perhaps...

What Your Pastor’s Wife Wish You Knew

As we celebrate the shepherds that God has blessed us with, we also have the opportunity to celebrate and encourage the woman who serves...

Leading Our Churches Through a Life In Exile

Written by: Tim Dance  Tim Dance has been the pastor of Living Hope Church in Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania, since it was planted in 2007. He and his...

How to Get Your Prayers Answered  

I’ve been a pastor for 30+ years, so over time, I have heard quite a few definitions of prayer. Out of all of them,...
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10 Ways to Tell You Are Slipping Spiritually

For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.  (Hebrews...

12 Things That Tempt Men to Peruse Porn

As I’ve researched the issues caused by porn, I am shocked not just at its moral consequences, but at its social costs, damage to marriages,...

Course Corrections to Church Growth – by Jason Swann

We took over a 36-year-old church rebounding from the moral failure of their Senior Pastor on the other side of COVID. We came in...