God Put You Here for This Generation
When I was starting in ministry, I was very nostalgic and felt attached to the decades in which evangelicalism was thriving most easily in America, as if that were a better era in which to do ministry. Not only have I come to understand how that season was not a...
The Three Voices of Effective Pastoral Leadership
I grew up in a church where visiting evangelists would scream, then gasp for breath, then scream a little more. They walked around on the stage and sometimes down the aisles, red-faced and often carrying a handkerchief to wipe away the sweat they’d collected on their...
God’s Word for Women: Rise Up!
The world has had a bit of a history telling women to sit down. To stay quiet. To stay in their place. Jesus has a history of telling women to stand up, to rise up, to speak up. When the woman who touched the hem of his garment to receive healing for her bleeding...
Lead with Excellence Birthed Out of Passion, not Perfectionism
Back in the 1990’s, church leaders started talking way more about excellence in worship and ministry. Many churches have written excellence into their core values with phrases like: We do all things with excellence for the glory of God. If it’s worth...
DLP #006: 5 Ways Leaders See the World Differently
Most of us fear the world around us, assuming it’s full of landmines and threats. But leaders see the world as being full of opportunities and ready to be explored and experienced. Which worldview is yours? Let’s think bigger and better about our...
DLP #005: What’s Killing Your Leadership? Limiting Beliefs!
We are held back from our fullest potential for success by thoughts and beliefs rooted in error rather than truth. In this episode, we’ll talk about what the most common limiting beliefs are, where they come from, and how to overcome them! Listen Or Listen and...
DLP #004: 5 Ways to Expand Your Leadership Capacity
Every leader has a lid – the point to which we’ve grown so far. We choose to either live under the lid, or blow it off, create change, and take action to grow. When you do that – when you grow – others around you will grow, too. Listen Or...
DLP #003: What’s Killing Your Leadership? Depression and Mental Health Issues
Is depression just a faith issue? A sin issue? Is it just a matter of being more positive and less negative? Actually, it’s deeper than that. In this episode, we’ll explore the fact that depression and anxiety are deep soul issues, that lots of leaders...
DLP #002: What’s Killing Your Leadership? Burnout!
Thanks for Listening! Help out by subscribing and leaving a review in iTunes. Share this show using the buttons in the player above. Read the Article Version Below [Adapted from the Transcript] What is it that’s drowning us, as leaders? What is it that’s...Hi. I’m Brandon.
I’m the Lead Pastor of Grace Hills Church in Bentonville, Arkansas, which my wife, Angie, and I planted in 2012. I’ve been blogging here since 2004. I formerly served as a Pastor at Saddleback Church and was the Editor and Online Community Facilitator for Pastors.com and Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox. I wrote a book called Rewired, about how churches can use social media to spread the gospel.