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Jesus the Son told His disciples, “The poor you will have with you always.” God the Father told Israel, “There will be no poor among...

Yesterday I had a little hiccup. About seven months ago, my wife and I felt prompted—I think now by the Holy Spirit—to have a CT scan to...

Over the last few decades, there’s been a shift in evangelicalism in particular from the hyper-individualistic message of “personal...

The other day I happened to notice a poster about a Big New Blockbuster Movie coming out. The top line on the poster read: “Only in...

I’ve been on both sides of a lead pastor transition. Years before serving in the lead pastor role at our church, everyone on...

Of the four essential elements that every leader must exercise—Integrity, Passion, Servanthood, and Imagination—Servanthood seems like it...

In a previous post titled Helping People to Become Inviters, I talked about giving the people in our churches more resources for becoming...

The owner of a Chevron station in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle got tired of plastering advertising deals on his sign. Instead,...

At one time I had my Christian life neatly prioritized. It was: first, God. Second, family. And third, work…specifically, my work as a...

Church ministry is hard because people are complicated. But there’s more to it than just that. Over the years, my wife and I hosted a...

I believe that a pastor’s main duty is making sure the mission of the local church is carried out, which is primarily guiding...

How do leaders pray? Or more specifically, what do leaders pray? If our ultimate leader in this Kingdom movement is Jesus, how and what...

“No one in my master’s house is more important than I am.” ~Joseph (Genesis 39:9a CEV). It seems the fall of prominent Christian leaders...

Some years back I had lunch with a young man who had immigrated to America at fifteen to escape an abusive father and a broken family...

David’s army had just won a military victory over a coup led by his own son Absalom, killed in the battle. David turned what should have...

Here’s a question I’ve wondered about: in heaven, would I feel any of the restrained feelings I have here about expressing worship? Even...

Though I’ve never really spoken about it publicly, the church I pastored had a number of run-ins with disturbed people. When you open...

The organizational behavior philosopher Charles Handy made reference to an exercise known as the Johari Window. The Johari exercise...

About 35 years ago, the Journal of Community Psychology featured a landmark article by David McMillan and David Chavis outlining four...

This whacked-out 2020 year is a case study in how circumstances can upend organizations and their leaders: how they function, how they...