Charisma Leader

1. This Character Trait Is a Dealbreaker for Pastors: My longtime friend Will was telling me his story: I was the student minister in a fine church many years ago. We had a wonderful ministry. The single negative about the entire experience was the pastor. ...; Created on 10 March 2021
2. Strategies for the Future of Pastoral Leadership: Staff leadership, shepherding, vision-casting and sermon preparation come with new challenges and opportunities in a post COVID-19 world. Many pastors are wondering what outreach and discipleship will ...; Created on 01 July 2020
3. Rick Warren: How We Can Face Injustice Together: As we reflect on what happened to George Floyd in Minneapolis, we're grieved that this kind of injustice is still happening to our brothers and sisters in the 21st century. We know injustice makes God ...; Created on 09 June 2020
4. The Real Difference Between Confident and Arrogant Leaders: We ask leaders to be confident, but we bristle when they become arrogant. What is the difference? The dictionary reveals arrogance is pride, egotism and inflated self-importance, while confidence is ...; Created on 06 May 2020
5. 8 Tips for Confronting Your Boss Effectively: ... think you'll need, then cut it in half. Confrontational meetings go much better if they err on the short side rather than the long. Meet in private and meet alone. Except in rare circumstances of sexu ...; Created on 16 March 2020
6. 7 Ways You Can Invite Constructive Feedback: I remember an especially hard year as a leader. It was so bad several members of our staff told me where I was letting them down. So much for having an "open-door policy." The next year, I closed the door. ...; Created on 03 October 2019
7. Most Sermons on Forgiveness Leave Out This Crucial Factor: ... r passages cite a model for progressive confrontation (Matt. 18:15-17). The ultimate goal is for the person to be restored to godly living, provided he/she is willing to make the necessary changes. He ...; Created on 01 October 2019
8. How God Uses Discouragement to Refine Your Ministry: I hear from pastors all the time who are ready to give up. They're tired. They're frustrated. They feel like they've failed their family, their congregation—and God. Any veteran church leader has experienced ...; Created on 30 July 2019
9. To Resolve Conflict, Start With This Painful Principle: One of the most important life skills that you have to learn is conflict resolution. If you don't, you're going to spend a lot of your life miserable, because we're imperfect people, and we have conflict ...; Created on 25 July 2019
10. This Is Why You Can't Seem to Mend Your Broken Relationship: "[God] has restored our relationship with him through Christ, and has given us this ministry of restoring relationships. In other words, God was using Christ to restore his relationship with humanity. ...; Created on 18 July 2019
11. Speaking to One Another in Love About Sin: Confronting a brother or sister about their sin can be awkward, but Jesus reminds us in Matthew 18 that such confrontations are not only a part of our normal care for one another, they are necessary if ...; Created on 11 November 2016
12. 7 Steps to Navigating Difficult Confrontations ...: I once tweeted, "The hardest conversation is often the most needed." It was as a result of my counsel to another pastor in a leadership setting. He knew he needed to approach an issue, but he wasn't sure ...; Created on 19 July 2016
13. 10 of the Most Disgusting Expressions Ever Uttered in Anybody's Church: Listening to the gripes of the Lord's people is standard fare for ministers. They ought to teach courses on it in seminary. Someone please tell the newly ordained to get ready. The primary nerve center for ...; Created on 13 June 2016
14. 25 Silly Things Church Members Argue Over: It began as an innocuous Twitter survey. But then it blew up. A lot of church members and leaders were eager to share about fights, schisms and conflicts in their congregations. They were likewise eager ...; Created on 25 November 2015
15. 7 Suggestions for Challenging a Controlling Leader: After one of my posts about controlling leadership, I received this question: "Any chance there is an upcoming post or two on how/when/where to confront a controlling leader? Especially for those of us ...; Created on 30 March 2015