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Getting sick is the worst, isn’t it? We absolutely hate it, because we can’t do what we want to do. Our bodies won’t let us.

We want to put the finishing touches on our sermon for Sunday, but we can’t because we have a splitting headache. We want to play with our kids in the yard, but we can’t because we get dizzy every time we stand up.

Aside from the sanctification issues at play here, getting sick is a good metaphor for what can happen to our leadership if we’re not careful.

[Read more…] about 5 Leadership Diseases and How To Spot Them

“Whenever two or three are gathered, there will be all kinds of problems…”
– Something Jesus did NOT say (but is true nonetheless)

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My frustration with a particular staff member had been increasing over several months and was now at a steady simmer. When I hired him, I saw him as a young, smart, and driven millennial with tons of leadership potential. Things started out great, but the honeymoon was coming to an abrupt end.

[Read more…] about How To Have a Difficult Conversation: 3 Practices

Have you ever felt like you are talking past someone else?

You’re both talking about the same subject, you’re both using the same words, you both share the same goals, but something’s not connecting. You simply aren’t on the same page.

[Read more…] about Why the WAY Matters More Than the WHAT (3 Examples)

We believe that to lead others well, you need to commit to reading, both widely and deeply.

So we asked our team to give us a few favorite books from 2016, and we’ve got a list of 10 books below. These aren’t necessarily books that were released in 2016, just books we happened to read this past year.

[Read more…] about Some of Our Favorite Books of 2016

Recently we did a webinar on How to Preach For Discipleship and Mission.

One of the keys to preaching that empowers discipleship and mission is to preach to the imagination, not only the the intellect.

In our interactions with people about this, one of the most common questions we’ve heard is, “How do I do this? What does preaching to the imagination actually look like?”

[Read more…] about How to Preach to the Imagination: 2 Skills to Develop