For the last 16 months, churches have had little appetite for visioning or strategic planning. This makes perfect sense. In the middle of a pandemic,…
Is your leadership being evaluated on the wrong criteria?
Dear board member / elder / deacon, I want to share a secret with you. It’s not the kind of secret that is confidential.…
Leading change is much more than coming up with a great idea. It’s more than putting the wheels in motion for a new initiative. It…
I frequently hear conversations about the need for better leaders and better leadership development. Those conversations are often accompanied by hand-wringing because many of the…
A denominational leader recently asked how my work has changed in the pandemic. I explained that the number of churches doing strategic planning had decreased…
For the last several years, my #1 book recommendation has been Tod Bolsinger’s Canoeing the Mountains. So I was eager for the release of his…
I have cast my vote in the 2020 election. No, this blog is not about who you should vote for or what values should guide…
The title of a recent article in the Wall Street Journal read, “America is reopening to tension: Easing restrictions is in some ways turning out…
Two quotes from the news last week caught my attention. As Italy began to loosen its restrictions, an NPR reporter reminded listeners of the early days…