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What Should You Do When A Culture Complaint Lands On Your Desk?
Move slowly and you're accused of protecting someone. Move quickly and you're accused of overreacting. Most pastors don't have a...
Read PostThe Five Questions Your Programming Meeting Keeps Skipping
Nobody asked who it was for. Not in the demographic sense. I mean who, specifically, at what point in their...
Read PostThe Audit Every Church Front Door Needs Before Next Sunday
Kelly didn't walk through your doors evaluating your sermon. She walked through evaluating whether this was safe enough to stay...
Read PostWhy Your Email List Needs Three Different Emails This Week
You're asking one message to do three jobs at once. A first-time guest needs orientation. A regular attender needs a...
Read PostWhy Your Best Volunteers Fade Without a Fight
Your best volunteer missed three weeks in a row. Nobody called. Nobody noticed out loud. She noticed that nobody noticed....
Read PostThe Six Words Every Church Leader Needs to Retire
Why "this is just how we do it" is a warning sign, and the four-step process to evaluate church systems...
Read PostStop Preaching to the Room. Start Preaching to the Person.
Most sermons speak to everyone and land on no one. Here's the one decision that turns a sermon into an...
Read PostDo You Know Who Is Sitting In Your Church Every Sunday?
Most churches build one message for an average attendee who doesn't exist. Here's how to identify who's actually in the...
Read PostThe Real Reason Your Current Vision Doesn’t Survive Long Term
Two weeks later, that same room is talking about staffing gaps and October's budget. Nobody rejected the vision. It just...
Read PostDid You Build Your Church Model, Or Did You Inherit It?
Nobody sat down and built the church you're leading right now. A staff member left, so someone absorbed the role....
Read PostEncouraged but Unchanged: Define The Best Use For Your Sunday Service
"Great word today, Pastor" feels like a win. But what if your Sunday is optimized for encouragement while your hungriest...
Read PostWhat Story Do I Want to Tell?
The decision on your desk feels enormous. It fills the whole frame. But pressure distorts size, and the story of...
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