Aug 3, 2026 | Communications & Marketing, Leadership, Ministry, Preaching, & Church Leadership
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash. A church I worked with had a good process for connecting new people. Someone filled out a card, the card went to the office, the office passed it to a small group coordinator, the coordinator made contact. Four steps, all of them...
May 21, 2026 | Leadership, Life & Spirituality, Marriage, Family, & Personal
Originally published at Walk Humble on May 21, 2026. I believe in vision, goals, and dreaming big about the future. But I also think thoughtful leaders can become so future-driven that they neglect the kind of person they are becoming on the way there. This essay...
May 14, 2026 | Leadership, Life & Spirituality, Marriage, Family, & Personal
Originally published at Walk Humble on May 14, 2026.Strength is often performed as dominance, distance, control, or the refusal to need anyone. But the way of Jesus reveals a deeper kind of strength: courage joined to tenderness, authority joined to sacrifice, and...
May 8, 2026 | Leadership, Life & Spirituality
Originally published at Walk Humble on May 8, 2026.What if one of the church’s front doors is no longer made of wood at all? This piece reflects on Bishop Rob Wright, Easton Davis, and For People as a case study in why digital communication can be pastoral work,...
Apr 22, 2026 | Leadership, Life & Spirituality
Originally published at Walk Humble on April 22, 2026. Slow is not a retreat from meaningful work. It is a way of resisting the pressure to live hurried, scattered, and reactive, so we can become more present to God, to ourselves, and to the people we are called to...
Feb 13, 2025 | Life & Spirituality, Leadership
We are a divided people. We divide by race, religion, political platforms, and cultural differences. And while words of affirmation won’t necessarily stop wars or settle all conflicts, they can go a long way to add value to the lives of the people we meet every day....
Oct 16, 2024 | Leadership
If you want to lead well today, go on what you know. But if you want to lead well long term, admit you don’t know it all and commit to listening and learning daily. Read the Full Article on Substack (It’s Free) »
Sep 17, 2024 | Culture & Social Justice, Leadership
Should pastors address politics from the pulpit? Or in any format that flows from their platform as spiritual leaders? The word “pastor” is an old word that means shepherd, from the Greek, poimen. A pastor’s role is to do two things: lead the flock, spiritually and...
