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March 3, 2015 0 Comments

They didn't teach me management skills in seminary.  I wish they had, because as the leader of a church, I needed them badly and it's a shame I had to learn them on

March 3, 2015 0 Comments

A book every pastor with a staff, or one who is going to have a staff, should read is Fairness Is Overrated, by Tim Stevens. Over the past two years I've waded through dozens

March 1, 2015 2 Comments

When I'm coaching or consulting and make the recommendation that pastors need to spend significant time hanging out wherever it is their targets are hanging out, it tends to raise a host of

February 21, 2015 0 Comments

I imagine that it's no surprise that many (dare I say most) seminary trained pastors – and even business trained pastors – lean toward the verbose and the grandiloquent. In some writings, I suppose, that's

February 18, 2015 0 Comments

I was the pastor of a good church but, honestly, it didn't honor God like it should when it came to new people.  We were very friendly to each other, however, guests didn't

February 11, 2015 0 Comments

As a pastor, I wasn't taught or mentored in how to be a leader.  So I have had to dig deep inside to prayerfully find and develop an inner leader or suffer the