It’s lonely at the top. Really. Whether you are the pastor, a president or the person who is looked to for the answers due to the organizational chart or the pecking order, it is (or can be) lonely at the top.
Helping and Leadership
The last blog was all about helping. We said it was complicated. This is about helping and leadership. Hold on to your hat, this is even more complicated! So, what is the proper role of leadership as it relates to
Helping: It’s Complicated! Six Rules of Thumb
Most of us want to help. It is in our new nature in Christ. We see a need and we want to do something about it. We feel for people who hurt and we can’t just walk by. Wether we
Priorities vs What You Really Do
Priorities. Have you set them for yourself and your ministry? Ok, now what do you really do? If we are really being honest there is often a disconnect between what we say is a priority and what we actually do.
Work – Life – Balance Part 4 Avoiding Burnout
If the title of these latest blogs have caught your attention perhaps it is because “work – life – balance” might be translated in your mind as: I need to work less. Is that the goal? If all we are
Work – Life Balance Part 3
We along with many if not all are devastated at the lawless killings that have multiplied in the United States and elsewhere. Together we pray, “Lord have mercy!” My thoughts return to an earlier blog (What’s Going On?) from June
Work – Life Balance Part 2
What are you doing this 4th of July weekend? Work? Ministry? Whether you are a lay person or a clergy person or a commissioned worker in the church, what you do and how you do it can have eternal consequences.
Work – Life – Balance
The summer is finally here. Do you feel like you’ve been able to “decompress” a bit? Finally getting away for that much needed “refresher”? Or are you still waiting for that vacation time to kick in? Maybe you have nothing