This is a total vanity post. :) unSeminary has just passed the 300 article milestone and so I thought I would take time out to reflect on some of the lessons that I've learn through this journey. Always Helping Church Leaders // I love church leaders. They are a totally amazing...

 “Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.” ― Brené Brown Church leaders can be driven by perfectionism and it might be driving...

From time to time I like to share quotable quotes on twitter that I have been chewing on. Often these quotes are amongst some of the most reshared content that I post. I thought I'd pull together some of my favorites into a post and provide a simple link for you to...

Over the Christmas break this year I was caught in a pinch. We had a new series to get ready and we didn't have any of the graphics done for it. Our practice has been to give our staff team the last week of the year off and so I...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Ministry life is demanding and hectic. In fact, one of the occupational hazards of church leadership is it can erode your soul. In today's episode we talk with Pastor Rich Villodas who is the lead pastor of New Life Church in Queens, NYC. Rich leads...

"Every organization has problems that shouldn’t be fixed and tensions that shouldn’t be resolved." - Andy Stanley Leadership is about living in the middle of a number of tensions that won't ever be resolved ... in fact if you resolve the tension you end up creating a whole bunch of...

Every year there is a lull in activity after Christmas but before things really heat up in January and I love taking some time to read in that window. I find that it's a great time of year to reflect and reorient my own leadership as I look forward to...

"If you believe lack of authority prevents you from leading effectively, it is time to rethink your understanding of leadership." — Mike Bonem and Roger Patterson Most ministry leaders are following someone. We all have leaders in authority "over" us. I've spent most of my ministry career responding to other...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Today's podcast is a FREE webinar on personal productivity designed specifically for church leaders. This episode is packed full of practical tools to help you do more with the time you've been given. We take a deep dive into how to effectively manage the dreaded...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    According to Tim Peters, 1,700 Pastors leave the ministry for good every month! A large contributor to that fact is that we've structured our work environments to unhealthy and counter productive. In today's podcast Mark Lesher talks about what he's been doing at Christ Journey...