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Okay, I know, I know. It creeps me out too. But it’s difficult to overlook Paul in the roll call of tour guides for the spiritual destiny...

One of the factors that we look for in churches that are plateaued or shrinking is the passion element. Passion is the vital fuel of an...

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

How long has it been since the people in your church, ministry, or organization were challenged with something bigger than themselves?...

After years of working with churches, we’re finding that the Imagination element is typically the least exercised of the four critical...

My hometown of Cincinnati is (in)famous for a number of reasons, not least its name. Hardly anyone can spell it, and few people,...

Years ago we identified 4 critical elements all healthy churches practiced, regardless of size or stripe: Integrity: systems, processes,...

At one point in my pastoring, we purchased a demographic study based on a ten-mile radius of our church. It was filled with extremely...

The love story of Jacob and Rachel in Genesis 29 begins with some serious passion! But somewhere down the road, though, Jacob & Rachel...

How Are You Exercising These in Your Church? In the book Elemental Leaders, we identify 4 critical elements every effective leader must...

How About a New Way to Measure Healthy Effectiveness? All healthy churches are characterized by four key traits: Integrity, Passion,...

The 4 Fundamental Factors for Effective Leadership Over the decades, I’ve had some good bosses and some not-so-good bosses. And...

Balancing Compartmentalization With Transparency If you’ve ever had a boss that you enjoyed working long, hard hours for, what made them...