Recently one of my bosses was asked to speak at my church’s elder meeting on his vision for the ministry he helps lead. I’ve been at my church 4 years now and I think he’s been asked to do something similar at least four other times. Between elder roles which change every 1 to 3 [...]

Ever taken a look at the typical speaker list for most Christian conferences put on nationwide? Just about every pastor leads a church of over 5,000 people and has written at least one best-selling book. I recently had a conversation about how church conferences could easily make a pastor feel completely inadequate. 99% of pastors [...]

We’re all leaders in some capacity. Whether it be parenthood, workplace related, or  amongst friends, leadership is essentially influence. Each of us has influence in some way, whether it be big or small. I have been given a pretty large leadership responsibility at my job, and this year I’ve been extremely focused on intentionality. I’m [...]

Part One: Entitlement and Trust Part Two: Servanthood Part Three: Promotion Part Four (Today): Reward This will be the last post in this short series on the type of leader we need today. A lot of conferences and books focus on the type of leader people want to see today, but what we need is [...]

Part One: Entitlement and Trust Part Two: Servanthood Part Three: Promotion I spend a lot of my energy promoting my favorite teams. The Twins, the Vikings, the TWolves (not much to promote there these days), the Huskers, the Blue Devils. I’m real good at throwing in a little trash talk to a conversation. In many [...]

Part One: Entitlement and Trust Part Two (Today): Servanthood We see how servant leaders lead by sacrificing their desires, by giving up the entitlement they often deserve, and by establishing trust with those they are serving. But, the first step needed in this process is becoming a servant leader. This is an especially poignant question [...]