Of all the things that demand your day, what trolls live under your bridge?
It is easy to fill our days with work, home responsibilities, busyness, and online distractions where the trolls; if not managed well, want to fester, grow, and show their ugly faces in the most random places/spaces.
I call these trolls mental health issues.
AND, we all face them!
This POST is HOW to face them. Feel free to ADD to the conversation.
Read MoreWhat has your TOP FIVE conversations been in 2021?
Has it been about COVID? Adjusting your organization or church? Key trends in our world?
Feel free to see what conversations DUCO has been a part of in 2021.
And, feel free to add your thoughts to the ongoing conversations as we head into 2022.
Read MoreYou’ve experienced the upheavals, redirections, pivots, and changes we’ve all had to make (and continue to make). And like YOU, I have experienced the burdens, grief, and weight of these decisions in light of a world pandemic.
With that said, the pandemic has also allowed the Church to reset. And, what I mean with reset is to have the permission and ability to shape what the Church should or could look like/be rather than what it was/is.
We have the ability and permission to experiment. Reboot. Reimagine.
Here are 5 ways I am experiencing the Great Reset
Read MoreOur hearts reveal what type of organizations/congregations we lead. Is your heart soft and pliable to change? Is your organization and/or congregation open to pivot to the post-COVID world? This article is about how to keep your heart soft so that you can lead open-handed organizations and congregations.
Read MoreIf you work with people for a living, there will be times you will experience disappointment, be misunderstood, hurt (intentionally or unintentionally), and perhaps even betrayed. AND as ministerial leaders, we have to be careful not to become calloused by it.
It is easy to slide into pessimism, overly critical, and angry. It is easy to justify the hurt caused by others.
WHY? well, because we live in a broken world.
With that said, Jesus (which is the leaders of ALL leaders) experienced this too. He was disappointed in others, misunderstood by many, hurt by those closest to him, and was even betrayed.
BUT, Jesus remained soft to those who hurt him.
HOW is this possible? Here are 5 observations I see.
Read MoreHave you ever had to take your vehicle in to get a tune-up? To get fixed? To replace a part? Of course, you have!
In fact, we get our vehicles regularly maintained to get the most out of them. WHY? So we extend the life of our vehicles.
In the same way, resilient leadership works this way. The emotional dashboard starts to beep at us, we feel the fatigue, the leadership vehicle starts to sputter AND we need a personal “tune-up”. This is an example of personal resiliency.
AND, one of the COVID leadership lesson(s) I have observed is around resiliency; personal and ministerial resiliency.
You may ask, “What is resiliency?” This post is about the signs of personal and ministerial resiliency…
Read MoreMarch 2020 will be a historical month.
The stock market is on a wild roller coaster. The country has been shutdown by 80%. People have lost jobs. Parents have become homeschool teachers. Public places of worship, art, music, sport has been shutdown. And, we are in still in the middle of it.
It is easy to react and respond in frustration (I have), or in fear (I have seen it), or in anxiety (makes sense). Especially when you and I are trying to figure out HOW to manage and adjust to a new normal.
Have you experienced this?
And yet, because of Jesus, you and I can find clarity in crisis. James, the brother of Jesus, offers us practical advise on how to RESPOND, rather than REACT, to crisis.
Read MoreHow do you make important decisions in your life? This post is to help discern God's very best - walking in HIS will for your life. Feel free to add to the conversation too.
Read MoreEveryone deals with discouragement... but not everyone deals with discouragement well. APPLY the principles of HOW Paul, the Apostle, dealt with discouragement + difficult times.
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