The 10 Lowest Paying College Majors
Over the next decade, My four kids will graduate from high school and (likely) head to college. With 16 years of college coming, I have spent a lot of time researching college majors and careers. One intriguing recent study lists the ten …
Three ways to live on Mission every day
Charles Spurgeon once said, “Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.” This is strong language for an important message. Most modern Christians think of a missionary as a person who leaves home behind to do gospel ministry elsewhere. …
5 Things You Absolutely Must do to have a Healthy Marriage
Recently I had the opportunity to hear my friend, Leonce Crump, pastor of Renovation Church in Atlanta, speak to a group of 300 or so pastors and church leaders on the topic of how to have a healthy marriage. It …
How to Coach your Church Staff Team Toward Success
Whether you have 1, 5 or 50 staff members, being proactive in leading your staff is essential. In a previous post, I unpacked 7 reasons that every person on your staff team should write an annual plan. Following up, I …
How to Move from Bad Cop to Good Cop as a Leader
One of the primary issues that leaders face is managing well the people or teams that they oversee. Lead Pastors often wrestle with the tension between being authority to paid staff and being friend/mentor/developer to the paid staff that they …