The Worrying and Fearful Leader
Worry and anxiety can stifle the effectiveness of the best leader. In my life when anxiety gets the best of me, my leadership always...
4 Reasons Why It Matters That Church Leaders Are Praying Leaders
I am convinced that prayer is the most difficult spiritual discipline to develop—even for church leaders. Prayer assumes that we live in dependence on...
7 Barriers and Builders for a Healthy Staff Culture
Within thirty seconds of walking into a restaurant, hotel, doctor’s office, bank, church, etc., you know if you feel welcomed, comfortable, and if you...
The Importance of Work-life Balance for Leaders
You may have heard from others that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. They will tell you that we don’t have separate work...
Sermon Illustrations on Faith: Inspiration and Examples
So let me guess. You’ve found yourself partway through writing a sermon on a powerful subject and felt like things just aren’t coming together as you...
Why God Called You Into the Ministry. Some Will Be Surprised.
Let me tell you what happened to my friend Jon recently.
Jon was hired by one of the pro football teams as an assistant coach. ...
5 Choices to Help You Lead with Optimism and Hope In the Future
You must first possess a positive outlook of the future before you can authentically lead with hope into the future.
I like eggs for breakfast....
3 Essentials to Resolving Conflict Well
Nobody likes conflict. Yet, it’s inevitable in life. As I’ve served as a pastor for over 30 years sometimes I’ve handled conflict well. Sometimes...
3 Strategies for Retaining Your Top Talent
Retaining top talent has never been easy, but with millions of employees around the world leaving jobs because it’s a worker’s market, plus the...
Two Things That Trip Up Leaders
Written by: Brian Lowe
Brian Lowe serves as the lead pastor of Exodus Church in Belmont, North Carolina. He loves good BBQ, coffee, and movies with...
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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...
