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1. Watch Out for These 5 Ways Pastors Are Easily Manipulated: I hate to admit this, but pastors are prone to manipulation. Sometimes we are unknowingly manipulated by our own church members. Sometimes we are the perpetrators of manipulation. Neither scenario is acceptable ...; Created on 25 January 2018
2. My Spiritual Fitness Plan for 2018: If your spiritual fitness plan for 2018 resembles your physical fitness plan, do you think the results will be more favorable or less predictable? This is not a trick question, nor should it be a complicated ...; Created on 04 January 2018
3. Why You Need to Have More Fun in Ministry: I have a simple New Year's goal for pastors: have more fun in church this year. Seriously. Extensive, expensive research shows that positive pastors live 13 percent longer and make 27 percent more money ...; Created on 27 December 2017
4. New Research on Pastors' Spouses Reveals Sad Reality Many Face: A brand-new LifeWay Research study came out last week about the lives of Protestant pastors' spouses. The representative study of 720 spouses revealed that their lives and ministries were a mixture of ...; Created on 20 September 2017
5. 7 Unproductive Habits You'll Want to Kick to the Curb: I get distracted very easily, so to get things done efficiently and enthusiastically, I need a good plan, which I will share next week. Today I want to share seven of my least productive habits, because ...; Created on 24 August 2017
6. 3 Reasons You Need to Engage in Worship: Pastors are the primary worship leaders in our churches. We must be fully engaged for the entire service, not just when we are preaching. There are so many distractions leading up to, and during, the worship ...; Created on 09 August 2017
7. 5 Missional Mistakes You Must Avoid: Ten days after Jesus ascended, the Holy Spirit descended, the church was born and the world began to be turned upside down for the gospel. I assume that you want to see that happen in your lifetime, as ...; Created on 02 February 2017
8. The Secret to Church Growth Lies in This: I like secrets, and I like growing the kingdom, so this verse recently grabbed my attention, "To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God" (Mark 4:11). What pastor or church leader wants to overlook ...; Created on 30 January 2017
9. When You Need a Ministry Mulligan: I have tried really hard to like golf, but I prefer hobbies that do not tempt me to say or do things I will regret later. One thing I do like about golf is the mulligans. Mulligans make those terrible ...; Created on 13 December 2016
10. 10 Habits You Should Think About Dropping: I have noticed a few annoying patterns among our tribe that just need to stop—immediately. I'm curious if you recognize these patterns in other pastors or yourself. Also, I would love to hear your opinion ...; Created on 26 October 2016
11. Debunking a Myth About Pastor Retention Statistics: Each time a pastor prematurely exists the ministry race, I grieve. I also grieve each time I hear the awful pastor retention stats which are unsubstantiated and sometimes exaggerated. Here are a couple ...; Created on 29 September 2016
12. How to Overcome These Common Leadership Challenges You May Face: Someone recently asked me what my greatest leadership challenges were as a pastor. It took me less than five minutes because they were so familiar to me. I wrote them in the order you see them now, which ...; Created on 19 September 2016
13. Where Pastors Can Find Friends Outside the Ministry: Life and ministry are way too hard to do alone. I want to encourage pastors and their spouses to reject the notion that ministry is a sentence to solitary confinement. Here are a few places to look for ...; Created on 02 September 2016
14. Why You Need Multi-Racial Friendships: Most pastors would agree that their church should look like their community, but do our friendships reflect that conviction? All pastors and ministry leaders need to have good friends, some of whom don't ...; Created on 26 August 2016
15. 3 Antidotes to Pastoral Perfectionism: Perfectionism almost pushed Michael Phelps over the edge a couple of years ago. "I was a train wreck," Phelps told ESPN. "I was like a time bomb, waiting to go off. I had no self-esteem, no self-worth. ...; Created on 19 August 2016
16. Pastors in Transition Can Always Use This: Two new pastors recently stepped into their respective pulpits who are very important to me: my successor in Arkansas and my new pastor in Tennessee. I am thinking of how I—and others—can help them and ...; Created on 16 August 2016
17. Why Pastors Should 'Wait' on the Holy Spirit Before They 'Go': If I'm in a car, I prefer to be in the driver's seat. This is more of a confession than a boast. I want to know where I am going, what the most efficient route is, and most of all—I want to be in control. ...; Created on 11 August 2016
18. 9 Reasons Why We Love Our Children's Ministers: Every church has someone who is in charge of the children's ministry, regardless of where they are on the org chart or payroll. They are not in it for the money or the glory. They obviously love Jesus ...; Created on 10 May 2016
19. An Open Letter to Worship Pastors: This open letter to worship pastors/leaders is on behalf of the 350,000 preachers out there who serve alongside you every weekend. In case you didn't read last week's letter to Discipleship/Ed pastors, ...; Created on 28 April 2016