It’s December Already??

It’s December Already??

Greetings ministry partners and Happy December! It’s hard to believe that we are in the first full week of December. It seems that just the other day we were just welcoming the summer. Honestly, though, I say something similar every year around this time – so...
PSA: You are Necessary

PSA: You are Necessary

This is a Public Service Announcement to remind you that YOU are necessary.  YOU. ARE. NECESSARY.  Please feel free to reread those three words as much as you need to so that they sink in, deeply.   YOU. ARE. NECESSARY.  In the hustle and...
One Thing

One Thing

Greetings! Innovators, I have a question.   What do you see as your divine assignment in THIS season? Please notice that the word assignment is singular, not plural. What is the ONE thing that God is calling for you to innovate or to prepare for or to become or...
Ego Death

Ego Death

Ego I was a youth pastor for most of my 20s. And I was all in on being a youth pastor. I got a graduate degree in youth ministry, where I met many of my close friends, who are also youth pastors. I read books, attended and spoke at conferences, and was fluent in the...
Market Value

Market Value

Market Value When Dave Berg first told me he brought his three-month-old baby to serve as part of a family mission trip, I’ll admit that I made a weird face. Was he joking? He brought a baby to a work site? To serve? It’s a baby. Dave is an earnest guy,...
How to be Luckier

How to be Luckier

Unlucky I spoke with a new leader at a church last week who expressed her frustration that she never caught a lucky break, that every victory she had won had been so hard fought, and how it hadn’t felt like that at the last place she worked.  We’ve all...