Personal development

Blog Addicted to the Institution
- By Bill Mefford
- Posted on April 30th, 2012
I remember when I was in seminary having a really strange conversation with another student. I remember him telling me that he saw the need for change in the United Methodist…
Blog Pressure to Make Out with God
- By Shawn Wood
- Posted on April 25th, 2012
A friend of mine tweeted something the other day that caught my attention. “Anyone else concerned that congregations in modern worship have become observers instead of…
Blog Avoiding Unnecessary Mistakes
- By Shane Raynor
- Posted on April 9th, 2012
Have you ever given advice to someone knowing they were going to do the exact opposite of what you were telling them to do? It happens to me a lot, although I guess it’s…
Blog The Illusion of Pastoral Effectiveness
- By Matthew L. Kelley
- Posted on February 27th, 2012
The acceptance of reality is always a liberation from the burden of illusion that we strive to justify by our errors and our sins. ~Seasons of Celebration, p. 116 What are the…
Blog Health of a Leader
- By Ron Edmondson
- Posted on December 27th, 2011
I work with a lot of church leaders. One thing I’ve discovered, if they let me get close enough inside their real world, is that many are hurting. They are facing burnout…
Blog Personal Branding: Is It Destroying Civilization?
- By Len Wilson
- Posted on December 13th, 2011
Remember Ickey Woods? He played running back for the Cincinnati Bengals in the late 80s and early 90s, when they were actually decent. He invented a special end zone dance called…