Is your preaching engaging people through COVID? How do you know people are being transformed? In my experience, I have seen these 5 principles at play when engagement levels rise… I hope this post will encourage you today.

Have you ever seen a student confident in their faith? It is contagious. Faith-filled. Encouraging. It is quite the experience. How does that happen?

This post is to outline the three key areas for faith to thrive in younger generations and to practically resource you to build confident faith in students.

I get the honour and privilege to meet with leaders in various of contexts, ministries, and generations throughout North America. I don’t say this as a humble brag or to puff myself up but to share with you what I am experiencing and my leadership insights with you. I hope you get my perspective too…

It was Super Bowl XLIX, February 1, 2015. Remember that day?

It was the day Malcom Butler from the Patriots single-handledly SEALED the Super Bowl victory from the Seahawks.

One play. One person. One player who READ the play and RESPONDED.

In the same way, good leaders are ABLE to read the play. To understand the signs. To be able to respond in courage.

How are you responding to the times in a Covid culture? Here are three practical ways to respond.

How do you handle crisis?

How do you digitally disciple + shepherd people when the world is socially distant?

How do you lead + minister in a new normal?

This is what Dr. Andrew Evans, Dr. Marv Penner, Lewis Chifan, and DUCO Leadership tackle. This leadership chat exists to be a RESOURCE to you! We are not opportunistic. We are not taking advantage of this crisis. We are simply wanting to serve you. Please KNOW that you are not ALONE.

REVISED:

Crisis reveals hearts. Crisis gives you and I opportunity to help others. Crisis helps leaders to innovate, be creative, and adjust. AND crisis can cause anxiety, fear, and insecurity. How you handle crisis reveals what type of leader you are. How has this modern-day unprecedented  crisis shaped your leadership? Here are 5 practical ways to fight insecurity and lead with confidence during crisis.

We have all seen it. Values on a wall. Values on a website. Seen values…

BUT,

EVERY organization and ministry also have ghost values. Ghost values are unseen yet felt. Not spoken but seen. Expected and, to be honest, assumed. Here are 3 ways to understand, recognize, and align yourself with ghost values:

Overwhelmed? Frustrated? Not meeting your deadlines? Flirting with burnout? Tasks and/or people falling through the cracks in your ministry? These are just some signs of a person who needs to empower others in ministry. You are a good leader. You love people. You are amazing. YET, you have come to a place where you’ve reached your capacity. You have reached your max. To be honest, everyone in ministry does. BUT, it is your choice what to do next. Burnout or Empower?

Obviously, it is best to empower others. But how? Well, here are some practical ways to START empowering others for ministry:

Your most important leadership task is actually not a task. It will be a life-long journey. A reality that needs to be on the forefront of your leadership every single day!

It is the reality of taking care of those who are the closest to you - your spouse, your family, and yourself. This WILL be your most important leadership task…