Church Job Finder: Spiritual Growth Articles

Published on: May 23, 2021

5 Things the Traditional Church Is Getting Right

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The email stung me. The writer spoke of my negativity about local churches, about how much of my writings are about problems in local congregations. But there was truth in his critique. A lot of my writings do indeed express my concerns about the...

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Published on: April 18, 2021

Exposing the CRUEL Pastor

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There is a type of leadership that is pseudo-compassionate and pseudo-caring. In other words, this type of leadership gives only the perception of being compassionate and caring, but the reality is that this type of leadership is neither. The type of...

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Published on: April 18, 2021

How to Create a Culture of Contentment in the Church

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Part of my role as an Executive Search Consultant is, at times, interviewing someone who isn't happy in their current position. For one reason or another, they feel that they need to move to the next level, are not being paid enough, are feeling a "h...

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Published on: March 21, 2021

Calling Out Conflict Avoidance in Teams

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Great teams keep short accounts and normalize feedback, which allow them to make small degrees of change along the way. These behaviors allow great teams to create feedback loops, innovate and test new solutions quickly. T...

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Published on: February 16, 2021

Dispelling the Myth of Work-Life Balance

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Family and work can’t be balanced. The good news is that it’s not supposed to be. You heard me. It’s not in the Bible. Not one time in Scripture are you and I encouraged to live “balanced...

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Published on: February 10, 2021

5 Stubborn Leadership Myths You Should Abandon Immediately

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How do you know you haven’t fallen for a leadership myth that simply isn’t true? Answer: Sometimes you don’t. Too many leaders hold a few damaging core beliefs that simply aren’t true. Myths are everywhere in our culture. It’s not that ha...

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Published on: February 4, 2021

Life Lessons From Fallen Pastors

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Pastors and ministry leaders are not above character implosion and wandering from the Lord. In time, their wandering manifests in a variety of self-destructive and disqualifying behaviors. In the last several years, I have thought a lot about “fallen...

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Published on: February 3, 2021

Building Up the Small Church Pastor

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Over the last dozen years or so I’ve had the privilege of ministering with dozens of pastors in other churches. Many of these were in person. Others were virtual. I’ve been in large and small churches. I’ve been to big cities...

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Published on: January 19, 2021

Spiritual Transformation Happens in the Waiting Room

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God often uses waiting as a crucible in which to refine our character. Faithful waiting on God makes us stronger, not weaker. Waiting is also a sign of humility. Remember that, long ago, persons of lesser rank who served nobility and royalty were...

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Published on: January 14, 2021

5 Lessons Church Leaders Can Learn from Seminarians

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These past two weeks several from the 12Stone staff team and I had the privilege to teach some of the best and brightest students I’ve ever met. Each week covered a Master’s level course for Wesley Seminary. (Great school and programs!) The first wee...

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Published on: December 20, 2020

10 Passages Every Pastor Should Have Memorized

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You will never regret any extended time given to memorizing God’s word—especially when it’s the passages that come up again and again as particularly useful in the Christian life and in ministering to others. These are 10 that will prove especiall...

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Published on: November 23, 2020

What the Church Gets Wrong About Discipleship

Spiritual Growth

At the Unstuck Group we’ve discovered an alarming trend in churches across America. When we lead a church through our strategic...

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Published on: November 3, 2020

5 Tips to Tame Your Inner Control Freak

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So you might have a love-hate relationship with control: you love controlling things, but you hate being controlled. It’s not surprising. People who like control seem to have a natural ability to get into leadership positions. Or sometimes they cr...

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Published on: October 6, 2020

Why Broken-Hearted People Make the Best Leaders

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When I served as a pastor at Saddleback Church, one of the things that impressed me most about the church was the hiring requirement Pastor Rick Warren laid down:

If you haven’t been through pain, you’re not ready to be on staff at Saddl...

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Published on: August 25, 2020

Stop Aiming for Greatness (Aim for THIS Instead...)

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Greatness. It’s a term we hear over and over. Becoming the best we can be. Reaching your potential. Living the dream. Kobe Bryant. Absolute greatness. The Pittsburgh Penguins. Greatness. I’m sure you can think of ot...

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