3 fool-proof ways to improve your culture
With intentional, consistent effort, you can cultivate in your team healthier habits and behaviors that, over time, catch on, spread, and lead to a thriving team dynamic.
How to make a church new-friendly
https://vimeo.com/537808599 Bob Whitesel shares how to focus on newness in implementing church vision and strategy. (Excerpted from ChurchLeadership.university.)
Effective church communications require this
We must eliminate all barriers and distances between the messenger and the audience in order to have effective church communications.
How to effectively cast vision
Most leaders understand the vital importance of casting a compelling vision. But is it possible that you have slipped from the casting of visions to the mere making of public relation announcements?
Three considerations for reopening churches
As you reflect on how things have changed, here are three things you may wish to consider as you plan for the reopening of your church.
Easter is over. Now what?
May I make a few suggestions so that you might regain your physical, emotional, and spiritual stamina?
A God-sized remodel
Take a few moments to do a self-evaluation. Is God actively remodeling something in you? If not, is there something that you need to allow him access to?
Biblical lessons for growing as a leader
Even if the only person you lead is yourself, you can work on rooting out resentment, you can choose not to complain, and you can choose loyalty over jealousy every time.
5 steps to launching a worship service reaching a new demographic
I was asked how to create a start-up plan for a new service that would reach a different culture than the church typically reaches. Here are my recommendations.
How do you hear God’s voice in life and leadership?
Brittany Rust shares three steps to honing in on God's voice in a world full of distractions. (This is a snippet from Brittany's online leadership course for women, Leading and Loving From the Woman's Heart. To learn more and get access to the full course, visit brittanyrust.com.)
When you loathe life
Paul once wrote that he despaired even of life. Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill battled dark moods of depression, and many godly, successful people have walked through the valley of the shadow death and yet endured.
Beware of rubber bands
Some people in your church or ministry may be excited to use the current season as a launching pad for more change, but others expect a "return to normal."
Should Christian investors risk lower returns to invest biblically?
As the biblically responsible investing (BRI) movement continues to take Wall Street by storm, the question of performance routinely surfaces.
BiblicalLeadership.com writer profile: Kim Niles
"First and foremost, stay close to God's heart and seek Him each day and in every decision. Realize He is the one who equips us to help, encourage, and serve others ... and He has placed us in the position of leading and serving."
8 signs you may be leading an ADHD church
Our consumer-focused society has influenced our church culture. Many expect their churches to immediately entertain and gratify, rather than challenge to holiness and discipleship.
13 great questions leaders ask other leaders
When you connect with other leaders, what do you ask them? Here are questions to get a conversation going.
Marathons, milestones, and musings
There are many analogies for life. Running a race is one of the best. In races, how you start is important, but how you finish is crucial.
Implementing culture change
Cultural change must be cultivated over time and on purpose. Here are five steps you can take to make this happen in your business or church.
How to avoid the common decision disaster that trips up leaders
At the end of the day, leadership is all about making decisions. But before you can make the call you need clarity on whose call it is to make.
Your calling doesn’t expire when you retire
Have you ever wondered if the "American Dream" version of retirement (retirement = pleasure) is healthy? Is it what is best for the Body of Christ?
