A few weeks ago, I was at a beach in Florida at the annual Murrell family vacation. Last year, our beach vacation featured eight adults (Deborah and me plus our three sons and their wives) and only four grandchildren. With three new grandchildren born during COVID,...
I have had a few conversations recently with leaders about building a culture of honor among staff. How do we build a biblical culture of honor—one not just built on status or position but on valuing one another? The foundation for building a culture of honor is to...
A few weeks ago, I had the honor of speaking with Dave Hess, who leads campus ministry efforts for Freedom Church in Philadelphia and serves as a regional director for Every Nation Campus North America. Dave asked me to join his podcast to speak about discipleship and...
Mentoring can be challenging. There’s no way around it. It’s messy, and there’s no way to guarantee that entrusting certain responsibilities to someone else will turn out well. But that’s exactly what leaders must do if we want to develop other leaders. If this makes...
As leaders, we tend to love the type of church or ministry members who are “all in.” The more committed, the better, right? Maybe; maybe not. After reading Mark 2–3 the other day, I realized that in the gospels, those who often received the harshest rebuke from Jesus...
There is a tension between worship and mission. Many of you have probably experienced this tension at some point in time as you were figuring out a next step or direction for your life. Do we wait on the Lord until we get clear direction, or do we go on mission and...
