These are crazy days. A year ago if you would have said that we would be staring down Easter 2020 with our church doors closed, I would ...

What is your most valuable resource? I've come to discover that time is one of the most valuable resources I have and that it is nonrenew...

5 Reasons People are More Important than the Product

We’ve entered cold and flu season. This is the time of year when germs seem to be lurking, powerful and invisible on every surface. Bec...

Have you ever delegated a task only to be disappointed when it wasn't executed as quickly or as effectively as you expected? Me too! I ...

My soul has been hungry for rest these days- more than a power nap or even a good night’s sleep. I’m hungry for the kind of rest where yo...

One of my favorite things about children’s ministry is observing how children relate and interact with each other. This summer we held A...

I love watching preschool graduations. Precious chubby-faced kids with caps and gowns typically take turns declaring to beaming parents a...

At the end of a long hard day what do you do when you get home? My favorite way to end the day is with a home-cooked meal followed by al...

Baptist or Methodist. Traditional or modern. Chairs or pews. Hymns or electric guitar. Dress or jeans. Online giving or offering pla...

Think about the last meeting you attended. How did you feel when you arrived? How did you feel when you left? Let’s be honest - church...

I love the feeling of walking into my church on a Sunday morning. It's the feeling of coming home. When I step in the door, it's like p...

In 2003 the San Francisco Zoo had a group of 46 birds that had lived there almost all their lives. They were comfortable and had grown a...

Do you feel like your volunteer service teams are a sinking boat full of holes? As soon as you get someone to jump on the boat, do they ...

“Know who you are and whose you are.” Those are the words my mother spoke into my life when I was an unaware, inattentive teenager. Th...

I am a collector. When I was younger I collected stuffed animals, shells, rocks, stamps, plastic Smurf figurines, books, Dr. Scholl’s sho...

Below is an article written by Jay Hanson and myself and published by the South Georgia Advocate (https://www.sgaumc.org/advocatecolumnd...

Below is a leadership article published in the August 7 edition of the South Georgia Advocate. It was written with Jay Hanson, Lead Past...

adjustment, difference, modification, revision, shift, switch, transition, variation, correction, refinement, remodeling, turn, turnover,...

This weekend I had the opportunity to speak to pastors and church leaders in Plano, TX about leadership. It's one of my favorite things ...