4 kinds of authority
Steve Stroope, pastor of Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas, has been very helpful in my ministerial career, especially pertaining to issues of leadership, structure, and strategy. One of the…
Am I about to look stupid?
Or is this the single greatest opportunity in the world for me to kick life in the mouth and hold up my fingers like a rock star? A few years…
6 THINGS PREACHERS CAN LEARN FROM THESPIANS
I became a better preacher once I realized that all oratory is theater. Paul Patton, theater professor at Spring Arbor University, took me aside one day and told me my…
Provenance
What explains our cultural fascination with shows like American Pickers, Pawn Stars, and Storage Wars? Is it the possibility of finding a hidden treasure? Partly. But we all know the…
4 THINGS THAT WILL KEEP YOUR PEOPLE FROM HATING THEIR JOBS
I’ve worked for some horrible bosses in my day, and a few good ones. The bad ones treated me like I was disposable. Tom made fun of me for being…
“CAN YOU PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL THAT RACKET?”
An elderly gentleman complemented me after my teaching, saying “That was the finest sermon I’ve heard in seventy-five years.” This was several weeks ago after the Brew Cue (our evening…
Why do we give?
I still have the email from Tim begging me to stop squirming for money. Tim had been attending Westwinds for about six months when he reached his breaking point. He…
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