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Church Leadership — Fear of Admitting You Don’t Know What to Do
Not what I expected in being a minister "Woe Is Me" I found myself sitting in my office, with my books on my book shelves, with my door closed, wondering what I was supposed to be doing with my time,...
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When You’re Not the Lead Sled Dog . . . And You’re the Pastor!!
A Case of Frustration He’d been pastor there for a few months beyond 2 years, and he still wasn’t in charge. He’d always assumed that church leadership meant being the lead sled dog and being out front...
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Has, “You’re Fired!” Replaced Staff Ministry?
It’s a bad day . . . . It’s a sad day, but Pastor Chuck has said, “You’re fired,” to his music minister. It was done with more tactful words, but it meant the same thing. He’s been on Chuck’s staff...
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New to Church Leadership or a New Place of Service?
It can be a difficult beginning My first place of leadership was as a youth minister. That was while I was in seminary. I’d never been in an “organized” youth program before. Now I was in charge of...
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Church Leadership — More Than Just Being Busy
Pastor Skip was new to the church and community. Busy doesn't always equal productive He was everywhere in town. He’d joined the local Rotary Club. He was at all of the high school sporting events. He...
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Accessibility: One of Church Leader’s most Valuable Qualities
I once worked with a pastor who had a problem with one to one meetings. If a young couple talked to him about wedding plans, if it inconvenienced him in the least, the bride was often in tears when...
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I want to talk you out of becoming a minister!
WHY would I want to do that!? Let me ask you this: Why would anyone want to become a minister? If you are a minister, how many times have you thought to yourself, “If I’d known that being a minister...
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“Christian Blogs Are Depressing!”
That’s what the minister I was talking to said when I asked if he’d done any research into what other churches were doing to reach out in their communities. Not An Unusual Observation He wasn’t the...
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My Dog Has Fleas*
Not really. Not this dog. A beautiful, rescued chocolate Lab (as far as we know . . . no AKC registration papers on rescue dogs). About 25 years ago, we adopted a puppy from a friend’s German...
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I Hope They Don’t Go to Our Church!
Hope they don’t go to our church!?? My wife said it on the drive to church one Sunday morning when I honked at the people in the car in front of us. (In fact, she’s said it several times when I’m...
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