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  • Empathy During a Pandemic, Part 2: The Weirdness of Work for Now

    In Part 1, we explored how personality differences can cause us to act out during a time of uncertainty and stress.

  • How Does Church Planting Relate to God’s Mission?

    Every church involved in a new church, and every church planter starting one, needs to answer the question: what is church planting? For some, the word planting comes across as insider language.

  • 5 Practical Ways to Try Leadership the Very First Time

    Help! I can’t find enough leaders! I don’t know about you…but that is the most common complaint/concern I hear when I talk with small group champions.

  • Check-Up Time: 8 Questions to Ask Every Year

    It’s easy to get so busy doing ministry that you don’t take the time to evaluate your ministry.

  • People Are Job 1

    As a leader if you are not devoting your time to people issues, you’re missing the big picture.

  • 10 Better Practices for Effective Guest Response

    The most-asked questions at each Auxano Guest Experience Boot Camp consistently revolve around recognizing, and hopefully eliciting, some kind of response from First Time Guests.

  • 10 Factors That Determine the Size of Your Vision

    I often see leaders with radically different size visions, despite having a lot in common.

  • Church Music Conflicts, Part 1: Have We Really Always Done It That Way?

    Music can be one of the most controversial issues in the body of Christ.

  • A Simple Strategy for Church Communication: Engage

    In a previous post, I outlined three essentials of a church communications plan and promised to develop the three points further.

  • The Art of Leadership and Time Management – Part 2

    Do you find yourself constantly running from one issue to the next without any margin in your life? Do you feel like you are over-committed to such a degree that the truly important things have been slipping a little? Do you wish for a reset button and dream of starting over someplace new, just like you did last time? (How did that work out for you?) Many times we neglect the lasting work of ministry for the instant gratification of solving a problem or being the hero.

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