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March 10, 2015 0 Comments

Jesus sent out 70 people to prepare the way for his coming by proclaiming peace to people's households.  Those people were likely Jews who were eager to have a conversation about the possibility

March 3, 2015 17 Comments

That’s right, you read it correctly – Christ-centered pastors don’t make disciples, nor do they take care of people.   Instead, they do what Jesus did: they equip others to make disciples and to care

March 3, 2015 0 Comments

This article is a follow up to the previous article on staff management. Learning how to lead a staff is one of the most important aspects of a pastor’s life if that pastor

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

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