Category: Life Planning
My Top 10 Blog Posts of 2013
At the beginning of 2013, I launched this blog. I had no idea that it would take off like it did. When I worked for Sojourn Church, I once told everyone that I would never blog. Over this past year, …
How to Remember 2014 and Plan for 2015
Welcome to the day after Christmas! Each year between Christmas and New Years I walk through a simple exercise to help me think through the past year and plan for the coming year. I originally learned this exercise from David Allen, …
7 Keys to Building an Amazing Church Staff
Every pastor that I know longs to have an effective and unified staff ministering alongside him. But an all-star church staff does not happen by accident. Even a church with a team full of talented people can struggle with staff …
How to Become a Church Planting Church
How can a church that has never participated in church planting become a church planting church? Many churches aren’t sure where to even begin this journey. Some churches dive right into church planting by sending out one of their own to …
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 …