Leading in the Tough Times

A friend asked me what it’s like to be a new author, lead Christian Media Magazine, coach, consult, speak, write and lead during this season in our lives where our son is sick. Actually, he’s been sick for a year and a half. You can read what we’re...

Why Passion Matters

God has wired you uniquely and specially—your DNA and what makes you tick is different from mine and those around you. God has a personal plan for your life (Jer 29:11). Often, when God wants to use you for something significant, he will give you a passion for a...

Why Do So Many Pastors Leave The Ministry?

The following is a book excerpt from my friend, Bo Lane’s new book Why Pastors Quit. Read on… As we were driving home the other day, my wife, Melissa, made a passing comment that caused me to reflect on my time as a pastor. She said, God called you to be a...

Intervention: A Preemptive Leadership Conversation

About two years ago my family and I went to dinner with a key family in my church. The objective of the dinner (besides fellowship and strengthening our relationship) was to have an intervention. I had seen all the warning signs and the shepherd side of me could not...

Broken Man

Someone sent me this video of Rhett Walker Band’s “Broken Man” song. I resonated with it. God has been breaking me for a long time. I wrote about when it came to a head HERE. This would be a great song to use in a worship service sometime depending...