Leadership

What Will It Look Like in a Post-Covid Culture?
What Will It Look Like in a Post-Covid Culture?

Pandemic, apocalyptic—words I thought only appeared in TV and movie scripts now used in everyday vocabulary. What will it look like in a post COVID-19 culture? What will be missing, different, and the same? And, what can we do now? Years ago, I read a Tom Clancy novel...

Surviving Crisis in Ministry
Surviving Crisis in Ministry

The Scriptures lead us to this idea…love your neighbor. I know you have a ton of emotions when it comes to COVID-19 but you also have one huge opportunity to love your neighbor well in the next few weeks. Let’s talk just a moment about crisis. Crisis moments are...

Quotes from the D6 Conference
Quotes from the D6 Conference

I have had the honor of attending the D6 Conference for the past four years, and I have to say: It just gets better and better. I do not ever leave this conference without being inspired both as a parent and as a ministry leader. This year was no exception. For the...

Revolution & Recalibration: Lessons From the 4th
Revolution & Recalibration: Lessons From the 4th

Even if you’re not an American citizen, you recognize the significance of July the fourth. That unique day is more than just the 185th day of the year, it signifies the birth of a nation over 240 years ago. The original 13 American colonies experienced birth pains...

Keeping Life Simple
Keeping Life Simple

Life can get wild and ministry can get crazy. When you don’t think things can get any busier, they can and they do. In my life I’ve learned “busy” is a relative term. What one person calls busy is not busy to another. The fact is no matter how you define busy it...

D6 2018 – Spoken Word
D6 2018 – Spoken Word

D6 Spoken Word   A growing sense of urgency, not anxious emergency But an emerging scene immersing teens in enough uncertainty That leaves them afloat. Tossed on waves too large for their boat And another coat of paint won't fix the problem. It starts from bottom...

What If Your Team was Challenged to All Move Towards the Same Goal?
What If Your Team was Challenged to All Move Towards the Same Goal?

Ever notice how your team is working exceedingly hard, but pulling in different directions? How would your job feel if your team was challenged to all move to the same goal? When your entire ministry team comes to one conference to learn, dream, and grow together you...

Why I Recommend the D6 Conference
Why I Recommend the D6 Conference

I often get asked the question, “What ministry conference do you recommend?” I’ve been to quite a few! As a church planter, I’ve done that round of conferences. As a children’s ministry director, I was able to attend quite a few focused on that area as well as those...

Why Your Team Needs to Break Away From the Daily Grind
Why Your Team Needs to Break Away From the Daily Grind

With so many pressures all weighing in on you at the same time, how could it be even possible to break away? It might seem like taking a few days away from the office would cause everything to crash down, but maybe this time is exactly what you need for your team to...

How to Create a Better Foundation for Lifetime Change
How to Create a Better Foundation for Lifetime Change

You have set goals, made promises, and worked to change, but unfortunately, you find yourself in the same place day after day. Why do we get stuck in a rut, repeating the same mistakes despite a true desire to be different? What if our thoughts hold the key to create...

How Do You Respond When You Fail or Mess Up?
How Do You Respond When You Fail or Mess Up?

It was not my finest moment. We were running behind on Tuesday evening. Kristen had one of the four boys and I had the other three. For whatever reason, the boys didn’t understand that we were late and we needed to be in the car 10 minutes ago. Kristen called my...

4 Stories of Messy Leadership (And Why You Need It)
4 Stories of Messy Leadership (And Why You Need It)

There was a time in your life when someone gave you the opportunity to try what you are currently doing. Maybe they saw a glimmer of hope or maybe you just asked to help, but someone opened the door to messy leadership and allowed you the opportunity to fail. In...