One of my favourite bloggers, Ben Reed (@BenReed) recently posted an article called What Pastors Really Mean When They Say… This post provided a fresh, sometimes hilarious, insight into what pastors say versus what they mean. The post immediately prompted me to flash back to my days as executive pastor of a large church, and…
4 Situations When a Leader Should Hit the Pause Button
“Let’s roll!” “Get ‘er done!” “More walk–Less talk!” These and hundreds of other action-oriented leadership expressions speak to how leaders must possess a drive to act, and to act quickly. But effective leaders also know that there are times when you need to resist the urge to act and to actually hit the “pause button.”…
Leading Beyond Your Calling
Several years ago my dad served as an unpaid staff administrator at a medium-sized church near Vancouver, BC. Fresh from a top level corporate career, some of what he encountered on a church staff left him a bit puzzled as to how things work in the church world. For instance, on one occasion he had…
