Leading, especially in ministry settings is not easy. Not only is it difficult, it can be quite isolating. It can also be hard to have confidents and friends to share with openly without creating a problem within your ministry. Its critical that every leader, especially ministry leaders have relations with colleagues and peers. If possible, […]

How we handle victories is almost as important as how we handle failure. Often times, we tend to look at failure by excusing it, ignoring it or dwelling on it. For victory (as with joy and praise) we tend to either dismiss it or revel in it. Both lack humility in different ways. CS Lewis […]

One of the hardest things as a leader is making sure that you carve out time for yourself. This is especially difficult in churches and Christian organizations which is both ironic and hypocritical as all Christians should make time with family as well as friends a priority. This is a tremendous part of self care. […]

Life truly is the greatest teacher, especially as we reflect both on faith and leadership. Lately, two very different sources have caused me to remember something important about leadership, John Wesley and knee surgeries. John Wesley is credited with saying the following: ‘work like everything depends on you, pray like everything depends on God.’ I […]

One of the great challenges as a leader is dealing with distraction. Leading any organization, especially faith based organizations and other non-profits comes with distractions. Worries, complaints, drama and conflict are common. In a need to address those concerns in a healthy and productive way, it is very easy to get distracted from the mission […]

Leaders are learners. You cannot be a leader and refuse to continue to learn about leadership in a variety of ways. In fact, you must be proactive and intentional in your learning about leadership. Maybe you learn from reading, from seminars, classes, events, conversations with mentors or colleagues, listening to podcasts and others. There are […]

This is my least favorite question in the inventory, mostly because for me the answer is almost always no. I have always been a little heavy and it is not healthy nor is it what I want. Pastors, ministry leaders and other leaders are notorious for not taking care of themselves physically whether it is […]

The truth is that every human being has emotional needs. While there is a lot of negative stigma around this term and concept, and rightly so, it is not entirely a negative concept. God created out emotions and our emotions matter. They matter to our living, to our family and friends, to our leadership and […]

Most ministry leaders, pastors and Christian leaders do a terrible job in paying attention to their own faith and their own relationship with God. This is a fatal error as we cannot give what we do not have and we must pay attention to our relationship with God. These questions are many ways is simple […]

Those who aim for nothing hit their target every time. Setting goals is important. It is ok to not meet them to change them or to exceed them, but it is not healthy to not have any goals at all. This is especially true when it comes to self-care. The definition of insanity is doing […]