My friend left academia for industry last month. He posted online: “I spent years hearing how ‘flexible’ academic [life] is but now disagree. How often did I tell my family…

Some pastors are naturally approachable. They have a certain charisma that draws people. Other pastors draw in people like an open-casket viewing. People approach but with nervous hesitation. Most of us are somewhere in between these two extremes. Your approachability as a pastor is not limited to Sunday mornings, but it’s an essential time when…

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No leader can solve every problem.  Some problems have staying power. And good leaders admit it when a solution to a problem will not come to fruition. Allow me to offer you two perspectives—one from the solution side and the other from the problem side. 1. Leaders can select the right problem to solve but…

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There will always be another fire, virus, market crash, drought. For our entire lifetimes over and over. But we are not to live in fear like we are just functional atheists. We are called to do simple things in these times. Love God. Love others. And to know our future is not to be fearful, […]