A Bloody Bible?
In some ways, the book we call the Bible is a legal document. According to the Church’s view, God has made two primary contracts with...
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Jul 11, 20233 min
The Justice of Community
Jesus the Son told His disciples, “The poor you will have with you always.” God the Father told Israel, “There will be no poor among...
Jun 27, 20233 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, 20232 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...
May 16, 20232 min
Asking For Help
Yesterday I had a little hiccup. About seven months ago, my wife and I felt prompted—I think now by the Holy Spirit—to have a CT scan to...
May 9, 20233 min
Hypocrisy Voyeurism
Have you heard the news about _______? Just insert the name of a politician, athlete, leader, celebrity, influencer, whatever…and then...
May 2, 20233 min
The Experience Laboratory
Not even an extremely gifted communicator can rival experience as a teacher. Truth must be experienced to take root. Academia has begun...
Apr 4, 20233 min
Is the Church a Business?
In our last podcast, our panel debated the question: Is the Church a Business? It was a fun and eye-opening discussion…and led to a...
Mar 28, 20233 min
When a Leader Steps Down
When a church goes through our Pathway or Inventory program for revitalization, it often includes a site visit from one of our team...
Mar 14, 20232 min
The Exhaustion Epidemic
On our last Elemental Leaders podcast, our panel tackled the Exhaustion Epidemic with this question: “Help! I’m Overwhelmed and...
Feb 6, 20233 min
Divine DNA...and You
Over the last few decades, there’s been a shift in evangelicalism in particular from the hyper-individualistic message of “personal...
Jan 31, 20233 min
Money & Spirituality
Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part...
Jan 17, 20232 min
The Evolution of Language
The other day I happened to notice a poster about a Big New Blockbuster Movie coming out. The top line on the poster read: “Only in...
Jan 10, 20232 min
Sizing Up Significance
You own the cosmos—you made everything in it, everything from atom to archangel. PSALM 89:11 (MESSAGE BIBLE) Famous celebrity...
Jan 3, 20232 min
Do You See Me?
The other night my wife and I watched “Encanto: Live at the Hollywood Bowl.” Don’t ask why. And please don’t judge: I’m not really a big...
Dec 20, 20221 min
Merry Christmas!
A baby born in a feeding trough for farm animals in a backwoods town is not the way royalty is typically introduced. But as He later...
Dec 6, 20222 min
To Be Vulnerable...or Not?
A few years ago a friend of mine stepped into the senior pastor role at a large church after the previous successful pastor left under...
Nov 28, 20223 min
Dogpaddling with Dolphins
I’ve been on both sides of a lead pastor transition. Years before serving in the lead pastor role at our church, everyone on...
Nov 22, 20222 min
What's Your Attitude Indicator?
So here’s an idea as we move into the Thanksgiving holiday… Paul’s short letter to the Philippian church underscored his belief that...
Nov 15, 20222 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...
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