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The Coming Shift in Church Staff Responsibilities

In reality, churches that thrive will find this year to be another year of adjustment... of finding new (and better) ways of doing ministry post-COVID. Platform, Pastoral, and Digital shifts will continue to happen.

How to hire

How to Hire a New Staff Member + The Latest Jobs

As a pastor who has hired dozens of staff members, this scenario is both familiar and painful. Thankfully, I've discovered that hiring can be quick and easy—but only if your church covers all these bases…

Life.Church

Building a High-Performing Culture

As churches and ministry leaders, we should be setting the standard and setting the stage for the whole world to look to us for a great representation of a life-giving and high-performing culture.

Carey Nieuwhof

When Christians Lose Their Minds, People Lose Their Faith

Christians have been sucked into the nastiness, division and partisanship along with everyone else. Often Christians aren’t providing an alternative to the anger and outrage online, they’re fueling it.

Carey Nieuwhof

5 Addictions Pastors Need to Overcome (To Grow Their Church in the Future)

You never know how much you love something until it’s taken away. And for church leaders, some of our most dearly held ways of doing church were snatched away overnight.

The 48-Hour Restart

As a pastor ministering in a pandemic, I now know today’s challenges will not be solved with yesterday’s solutions. What if I gathered the best, brightest, and most faith-filled friends in my circle to spend 48 hours addressing the best ways to minister to our community?

discipleship

Going Viral (In a Good Way!)

How in the world did the message of Jesus Christ spread so rapidly? Followers of Jesus loved their friends enough to help them become followers of Jesus.

summer

Summer activities = discipleship

I want to maximize the time I have with my family. You probably want the same thing. I spend so much time preaching about practicing evangelism and discipleship in the context of relationship, and sometimes I wonder if I’ve practiced those things well in my own family.

Bible translations

Starbucks and Bible Translations

Lately, I’ve had several people ask questions about different Bible translations. While the number doesn’t come anywhere near the 80,000 mark, there are several good translations available. Why are there so many? Which one should you choose?

Why We Need a Coach

Do you have people who help you as you navigate through the thousands of decisions you’re required to make each and every week? All of us, no matter our age, academic status, or professional accomplishments, need coaching. Here are a few of the many benefits of having a coach:

family

We Are Family

With a nod to Sister Sledge, we are family. We’re working to love each other while we’re making room for more seats at the table.

COVID-19

Borrowed Wisdom Led to a Brilliant Hire During a Quarantine

Your communication will need to be clear and accessible in the next few weeks – have you considered recruiting or hiring a communications director?

Neglect Grows Mushrooms, Not Faith

Think about areas in your life that may be suffering from neglect. How’s your relationship with God? Are you feeding your mind and soul with His Word, or are you allowing the distance to create an ideal environment for something distasteful to fill you?

habits

How to Develop Healthy Habits During Quarantine (yes, it's possible)

Four strategies to help you transition to that better place and leave your habit behind.

conversation

A Man's Guide to Small Talk

The great value in talking about things that matter is that it fuels relationships. That’s true with spouses, friends, and your Heavenly Father. So dive into more deep discussions.

New and Improved

What if someone told you that you could get something totally amazing for free? No cost. Not even for shipping and handling.

How to Read the Bible

We’ve got a lot of time on our hands these days. A lot of people are taking advantage of the time in between Zoom meetings and homeschooling their kiddos to develop a new habit – reading the Bible.

Reaching the “dones” this Easter.

Church leaders, as frustrating as remote ministry may be, the anxiety many Americans are experiencing, coupled with their need to stave off boredom with digital content, presents you the best

Life is a team sport.

Football. Badminton. Rugby. Laser tag. Curling. There’s nothing quite like the excitement and drama of sports, though the jury’s still deliberating on the veracity of the United States

Thriving in transition.

These days, it seems everything has changed. Life will get back to normal soon enough, but one thing will be constant: change. From stay-at-home to working mom…hard-driving exec to

How to preach about giving

Years ago, I didn’t care about Thomas the Tank Engine. Not even a little bit. In fact, I didn’t know very much about Thomas, except that he was

Finding rest and finding help.

“Hectic” does not even come close to describing the last seven days. I was supposed to be out of town at a pastor’s conference and was looking forward to

Finding peace again

I’ve been reading and watching the news lately which probably explains the twitch developing in my right eye. At the risk of besmirching the Fourth Estate, most coverage of

Conversations about life and faith at Starbucks.

I love Wednesday afternoons. Now you might expect, especially since I have the job of professional-church guy, that I love Wednesday afternoons because I’m beside myself with excitement, eagerly

Four indicators of a calling to ministry

I’ll never forget preparing for my first sermon. I was 19 years old, newly married, and scared out of my mind. My initial outline, which I had labored for