The idea of a strict separation between sacred and secular is not a biblical one. Neither is the separation between “clergy” and “laity.” When you follow Jesus, you’re part of his kingdom in every realm of your life, so living out a...
Is it really possible? I mean… really? That’s usually how the question is worded when I’m in a conversation with someone about this whole blogging side gig thing. Even when people start to believe I actually earn income from blogging, they usually...
I did something a little scary recently. I launched a new business. Or, at least, I launched a new project within my business. I’ve been coaching leaders for quite a few years now, but recently I created The Digital Leadership Lab as an online hub for group...
I often find myself having coffee with leaders in both business and ministry about their potential for building something valuable in the online space. We may talk about things like how to get more Instagram followers or how to use Facebook ads well....
What’s the very first thing you should do if you want to take a blog to the next level and develop it into a full-fledged, legitimate online business? Start treating it like a business. Sounds simple enough, right? But too many bloggers skip this important...
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...
This is an eyebrow. More on that in a second. It was about a year ago that I ran across a guy doing business online who taught me far more than I’d expected to learn from him. His name is Ray Edwards, and what caught my attention was a detail I read about his...
Are there elements that should pretty much always be included in every blog post? Yep. But it’s rare to find them all together in one, awesome post. You don’t have to do all of these things every single time, but my own mental checklist that I run through...
Most people who earn income, earn it actively. That is, they trade their time and energy, both of which come in limited quantities, for money. Even most of the self-employed entrepreneurs I know are still performing services that cap their income per hour. The goal...
You can’t get anywhere without people. You can have a fantastic vision, well-developed systems, an expensive education, a leadership library, and a slew of business tools. But if you don’t have people, you ain’t goin’ nowhere! And here’s...
