Hi. I’m Brandon.
I help people find their purpose and leaders amplify their influence.
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Follower of Jesus, Husband to Angie, Dad of 3
Lead Pastor, Grace Hills Church
Community Facilitator, Pastors.com & PD.church
Leadership & Marketing Coach, Courage to Lead
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Recent Blog Posts
Actually, God Calls the Qualified… Into Leadership
Years ago, a sweet lady in our church handed me a little slip of paper to encourage me on my journey. I unfolded it and it read: God doesn't call the qualified; he qualifies the called. I'm not sure who said it originally, but I've heard and repeated it many times...
The Most Important Decision I’ve Ever Made as a Pastor
The church I'm serving as pastor just bought a new property for $1.1 million in the heart of Northwest Arkansas. We spent a lot of time praying over that decision and it felt like a huge step. But it wasn't the most important decision I've ever had to make as a...
Church Facebook Ads Work Well When They Answer THIS Question
I see it all the time. I've done it myself. And it's incredibly ineffective. It looks like this... Hi, this is Pastor So-and-so. I'm the Pastor of the First Fantastic Church. We meet on Sundays at 10:00 and we'd love to have you. Come check us out, worship with us,...
Spiritual Warfare and the Lives of Pastors and Church Leaders
The struggle is real. When you drop the phrase spiritual warfare into a casual conversations, you often get mixed reactions. On the one hand, a lot of people are skeptics when it comes to anything invisible or supernatural. In fact, many people will believe in heaven...
Books I’ve Been Reading Lately
So, what are you reading lately? It's a question that comes up a LOT in the worlds in which I walk - both church and business leadership. So I decided to keep one blog post that I would update and refresh with each new book I read and (usually) recommend, along with...
3 Components of a Healthy Church Planting Model
We're so "ether-or" in our viewpoints, aren't we? We have a tendency to form an opinion, stake a position, and defend it against anything that looks different. Tension can be good. Out of tension flows a creative discussion and differences of opinion that force us to...
Living with a Bias Toward Action
Passivity is epidemic among us. Especially among men. And it's killing us. At the beginning of 2018, I told our church staff I was committing to living throughout this year with a "bias toward action." I don't know where I first heard that term, but to whomever thanks...
The Problem with Free Ebooks
I have a folder in my Dropbox where I store all the ebooks I download from across the web. As of this writing, I have about 300 ebooks in there. And guess how many I've read and put into action? I'm guessing between 4 and 7. It's not that free ebooks are bad - I even...
Boring Preaching Is A Crime! 7 Ways to Be Interesting
No, this is not a post about the loss of our religious freedom - it's a reflection on a quote I've looked at many times since I first wrote it down about nine years ago at a conference on preaching... If you think the gathering of biblical facts and standing up with a...