Artificial Intelligence Bias
I recently had an interesting interaction with ChatGPT. As a thought experiment, I asked two separate contrasting questions about...
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- Jun 27
- 3 min
Scaredy-Cat Leadership
About three-thousand years ago, Israel was once again in a bad place. They had this pathological spiritual pattern: after having some big...
- May 23
- 2 min
The Beauty of Failure…and Owning It!
For those of us with perfectionistic personalities, the fear of making a mistake can be debilitating as a leader. But if we’re not...
- Mar 7
- 3 min
Leadership and Self-Awareness
Leadership by its nature makes one prone to take hits. Imagine how hard it is to be the U.S. president in these hyper-polarized...
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
The Secret of Servant Leadership
Of the four essential elements that every leader must exercise—Integrity, Passion, Servanthood, and Imagination—Servanthood seems like it...
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Do You Have “Missional Integrity”?
The present love affair with corporate mission statements must be more than a framed eight-by-twelve well-wordsmithed paragraph hung on a...
- Oct 12, 2022
- 3 min
What Really Counts for Worship?
In the tribe that I pastored in, creating space for worship was very important. It typically meant the musical part of the service, where...
- Oct 4, 2022
- 3 min
Let's Talk About Church Consultants...
Yeah, I know, I know. It’s a tacky mashup of Pixar and Peanuts. But the point is: do we really need “church consultants”? I have to admit...
- Sep 20, 2022
- 3 min
The Ease of “Power Abuse”
People can abuse power in a non-profit organization or on a church board, around a dinner table or in a street gang. Or in a marriage....
- Sep 6, 2022
- 3 min
VBS…an Emergent Problem?
The Integrity value is one of four key elements we’ve identified as being absolutely essential for the health and effectiveness of any...
- Aug 30, 2022
- 1 min
The Most Important Question
How about a video this week? In this quick 2½ minute video, Dave Workman offers the most important question the leader of a group must...
- Jul 5, 2022
- 2 min
Leadership Is Crucial, But...
Leadership is crucial, but not all leaders are the same. Over the last few decades there has been an emphasis on church leadership, with...
- May 17, 2022
- 5 min
3 Stumbling Blocks To Church & Nonprofit Collaboration
Perspectives From A Pastor And Nonprofit Director I love pastors. Of course, I have to say that because I am one—but this time, I mean...
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
Does Anyone Hate Me?
There are many things that Christians are doing in the postmodern era that are exemplary, often ignored by the media. For instance, the...
- Apr 19, 2022
- 2 min
Is Your Church Afraid of Change?
Over the years that we’ve worked with churches, it’s been our observation that of the four critical elements of healthy, effective...
- Jan 17, 2022
- 3 min
The Danger of Moderation
I’m writing this on MLK Day. The non-violent protests for voting rights in the 1960’s, particularly in Alabama, had raised the ire of...
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
How Is Your Mission?
In our work with churches in assessing the four key elements of healthy organizations, the first one we typically look at is the...
- Oct 12, 2021
- 3 min
To Plagiarize or Not To Plagiarize: the Sermonic Question
Last week my wife and I were having dinner with our small group when someone brought up a sermon they heard that had originally been...
- Jun 29, 2021
- 2 min
The Law, Liberty, & Lucy...
Some years back I noticed a man walking across a field near our house with a big labrador retriever running circles around him. The dog...
- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
Community in a Time of Covid
About 35 years ago, the Journal of Community Psychology featured a landmark article by David McMillan and David Chavis outlining four...
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