I am in Manila this week for our Every Nation Seminary Residential Intensive with sixty-three students/leaders from twenty-seven nations. When I meet with and hear from these students on topics like global mission and apostolic leadership, I become even more...
As individuals grow in their leadership capacity, it can become easy to ignore the voices of anyone outside the leadership circle. Tragically, the more authority, favor, and power a leader gets, sometimes the less they listen. But many times, the wisdom of God comes...
Psalm 1 tells us that there are only two ways to live: “the way of the righteous” or “the way of the wicked.” One way is to be planted near streams of WATER. The other is blown about by the WIND. Reading Psalm 1 recently, I was reminded of the famous Robert Frost...
Last week, I had the privilege of preaching a devotional sermon at our annual Every Nation Seminary faculty retreat, which was held in cabins in the woods near a waterfall about 100K from Nashville (thus my shorts). My goal was to remind our faculty that the...
For many years, the Barna Group has conducted research on the well-being of American pastors. According to its most recent research, in the post-Covid era, more than 51% of American mainline pastors have considered quitting their ministry roles.Why are so many...
For most vocational ministers, it is difficult to think of the idea of leadership transition and/or retirement. Why? Because it means that we are entertaining the idea that someday, we will not hold the leadership position we are currently in. And while that may be a...
