Leaders

How to Experience Joy – Video

How do you find joy even through the difficult times of ministry?

Practical Lessons in Marriage and Leadership

My wife and I wanted to share some more thoughts about what we’ve learned in our past 10 years of marriage (and leadership) about keeping our relationship strong.

Adrian Pei

How to Survive 10 Years of Marriage (and Leadership!)

On our 10-year anniversary, my wife and I discuss our biggest lessons about longevity in relationships and leadership.

Adrian Pei

Friendships 201

A brief overview of the biblical teaching on friends.

Brent Hoover

The World Is Not Changed by People Who Think

Sailing seems to be only action: flying over the water, leaping over the white crests, slicing through the sea spray. But without thoughtful consideration the boat won’t take you where you want to go. The world is not changed by people who think. The world is changed by people who act. The world is changed well by people who think and [...]

Malcolm Webber

4 Things I Wish I Could Do Over as a Parent

We have three grown kids, one grandson, and one grandchild on the way. We love all of our kids and they love us. As I reflect over my parenting years, I’d give myself a solid “B+” in the parenting department. But, I also would have parented differently in several ways.

Charles Stone

Jeremiah: Seeing and Saying the Hard Truths

Jeremiah himself was in a position to be brutally honest. Let’s take a look at some of the truths God gave him before we dive into exactly how he shared those truths.

Chris Wheeler

How to be Patient

So how do we learn patience? Patience is about love and value. The more we love others, the easier it is to be patient with them. The more we value and respect someone, the longer it takes them to get on our nerves.

Tyler Edwards

We Are Resurrected with Him – Part 1

Listen to our new episode of In the Word with Malcolm Webber.

Malcolm Webber

Enough Faith for Today

“Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’… Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.” (Matthew 6:31-32)

Skye Jethani

7 Questions Leaders Avoid Asking Other Leaders, But Shouldn’t!

As a leader, having routine conversations to collect feedback about what you can do to become a better leader can be uncomfortable at times – at least when the person you’re seeking feedback from is either your boss or peer.

Robert McMillan

The Disappearing Leader

Everybody talks about leaders needing more boldness and confidence ‒ that we need to make a deeper difference in the world. But rarely addressed is the actual personal path leading us to this level of inner strength and impact. One of the most important elements of powerful leadership (the real game changer) is simply learning ... to [...]

Lynn Cerullo

6 Tensions of Life in a Small Ministry

If you serve in a small church, you understand tension. You can’t get away from it. Truthfully, ministry anywhere comes with tension regardless of the size of your church. But the tensions in a small church are unique and are worth a fresh look.

Brannon Marshall

The Spiritual Nature of the Church

Just as the Christian life is union and fellowship, even so the church is union and fellowship. Its nature is union. Its nature is fellowship. Union and fellowship with Christ, and union and fellowship with each other – in Christ. That is all the church is: union and fellowship with each other, in Him. And every other aspect of church [...]

Malcolm Webber

Know Your Impact

None of us can forget that we aren’t just the list of tasks we do, we are the collective difference we make for those we serve.

Corey Olynik

Friendships 101

How are you doing in the area of friendships?

Brent Hoover

Remembering Why We’re Here

It’s amazing how easily we forget why we do what we do. It is so easy to get caught up with our day-to-day roles and forget the vision that God has given us for our life.

Elaine Vitikainen

5 Principles for Growing through Change

Just a little rain transforms an arid desert into a magnificent blooming garden. That rain changes the arid environment and draws life from dormant seeds. The same can happen when we face changes in our lives. Sam experienced not one, but four painful organizational changes in his 24 years with World Vision. He said, “I was laid off [...]

Samuel Voorhies