Artificial Intelligence Bias
I recently had an interesting interaction with ChatGPT. As a thought experiment, I asked two separate contrasting questions about...
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Jun 27, 20233 min read
Scaredy-Cat Leadership
About three-thousand years ago, Israel was once again in a bad place. They had this pathological spiritual pattern: after having some big...
May 23, 20232 min read
The Beauty of Failure…and Owning It!
For those of us with perfectionistic personalities, the fear of making a mistake can be debilitating as a leader. But if we’re not...
Mar 7, 20233 min read
Leadership and Self-Awareness
Leadership by its nature makes one prone to take hits. Imagine how hard it is to be the U.S. president in these hyper-polarized...
Nov 14, 20222 min read
The Secret of Servant Leadership
Of the four essential elements that every leader must exercise—Integrity, Passion, Servanthood, and Imagination—Servanthood seems like it...
Oct 25, 20222 min read
Do You Have “Missional Integrity”?
The present love affair with corporate mission statements must be more than a framed eight-by-twelve well-wordsmithed paragraph hung on a...
Oct 12, 20223 min read
What Really Counts for Worship?
In the tribe that I pastored in, creating space for worship was very important. It typically meant the musical part of the service, where...
Oct 4, 20223 min read
Let's Talk About Church Consultants...
Yeah, I know, I know. It’s a tacky mashup of Pixar and Peanuts. But the point is: do we really need “church consultants”? I have to admit...
Sep 20, 20223 min read
The Ease of “Power Abuse”
People can abuse power in a non-profit organization or on a church board, around a dinner table or in a street gang. Or in a marriage....
Sep 6, 20223 min read
VBS…an Emergent Problem?
The Integrity value is one of four key elements we’ve identified as being absolutely essential for the health and effectiveness of any...
Aug 30, 20221 min read
The Most Important Question
How about a video this week? In this quick 2½ minute video, Dave Workman offers the most important question the leader of a group must...
Jul 5, 20222 min read
Leadership Is Crucial, But...
Leadership is crucial, but not all leaders are the same. Over the last few decades there has been an emphasis on church leadership, with...
May 17, 20225 min read
3 Stumbling Blocks To Church & Nonprofit Collaboration
Perspectives From A Pastor And Nonprofit Director I love pastors. Of course, I have to say that because I am one—but this time, I mean...
May 3, 20224 min read
Does Anyone Hate Me?
There are many things that Christians are doing in the postmodern era that are exemplary, often ignored by the media. For instance, the...
Apr 19, 20222 min read
Is Your Church Afraid of Change?
Over the years that we’ve worked with churches, it’s been our observation that of the four critical elements of healthy, effective...
Jan 17, 20223 min read
The Danger of Moderation
I’m writing this on MLK Day. The non-violent protests for voting rights in the 1960’s, particularly in Alabama, had raised the ire of...
Nov 10, 20212 min read
How Is Your Mission?
In our work with churches in assessing the four key elements of healthy organizations, the first one we typically look at is the...
Oct 12, 20213 min read
To Plagiarize or Not To Plagiarize: the Sermonic Question
Last week my wife and I were having dinner with our small group when someone brought up a sermon they heard that had originally been...
Jun 29, 20212 min read
The Law, Liberty, & Lucy...
Some years back I noticed a man walking across a field near our house with a big labrador retriever running circles around him. The dog...
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Community in a Time of Covid
About 35 years ago, the Journal of Community Psychology featured a landmark article by David McMillan and David Chavis outlining four...
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