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Buffer Oswald Sanders quotes get shared with abundance. He is known for his book Spiritual Leadership. Countless seminaries, pastors, and other Christian leaders have used Oswald Sanders quotes and his book for years. Maybe you haven’t read it or it has been a while since you last read it. We invite you to read a few of the best Oswald ... Read More »

Buffer It would take a good portion of time to hunt down all 33 of the top Global Leadership Summit books of 2015. Trust me. I know. We have been blown away by the incredible speakers at the Global Leadership Summit each and every year. We have been equally blown away by the calibre of the top Global Leadership Summit Books each year ... Read More »

Buffer Everyone hates meetings. What if you had 5 actionable tips to make your meetings more productive? The problem isn’t that we don’t know what to do. The problem is a combination of culture and complacency. We accept inefficiency because our culture has allowed it and our fear of conflict normalizes it. I will never forget a meeting I attended ... Read More »

Buffer Before reading this post on 4 ways to grow your faith outside of Sunday morning, you should stop and take a look a the preceding post. I recently wrote another guest blog post here about why pastors should not do all the ministry that motivated this post. Our expectations of our pastors are directly linked to our expectations of ... Read More »

Buffer One of the best coaching questions you can ask is: “Who can you ask for help?” I’ve never met anyone who knew all the right answers. You probably haven’t either. Or you may have met people who thought they knew all the right answers. But the truth of the matter is that we all need help at one time ... Read More »

Buffer I have a confession to make. My pastor isn’t the source of my spiritual growth. In fact, pastors should not do all the ministry. Please don’t get me wrong, though – my pastor is a kind and compassionate man with plenty of biblical wisdom to share despite the fact that he went to seminary at Duke (I graduated from ... Read More »

Buffer This past Saturday morning I had a terrible attitude. We had two sick kids all day Friday whom then decided to stay awake all night Friday night. Since chubs (our infant) is nursing, that meant I spent the night on a hard floor in bruiser’s (our toddler’s) room. Additionally, we had guests in town (which we loved seeing), but knew their early ... Read More »

Buffer Anyone you know as a leader is also someone who gets things done. They don’t talk about it. They do it. That is why I decided to write this post about the 10 characteristics of leaders of change. This post is also part four in a series of posts related to 10 critical coaching questions that leaders ask. One of ... Read More »

Buffer I have thought about a blog post I wanted to write all week: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry. Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors wrapped up an incredible season by winning the NBA Finals last week. I found it fascinating that many people couldn’t stop talking about Lebron James all week and ... Read More »

Buffer Christians fuel the fire of many misconceptions about the church. Everywhere I go, I hear one of the misconceptions about the church found in this post. They are pervasive. They are prevalent. They can be destructive. Living in such a way that doesn’t endorse these misconceptions about the church is much more difficult than you might think. My wife ... Read More »