The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) has what the world needs. Jesus has given us, as His blood-bought Church, all we need through...

Be honest. Don’t hide from the truth. You can handle it. Okay, maybe you can’t. But the living God can. Hope will follow honesty. God...

Welcome to our final blog on the Church Engagement Model! Once again, let’s recap the previous five blogs before we begin. In the Church...

Welcome back to Part 5 of this six-part blog series on the Church Engagement model! Let’s recap our first four blogs before we begin! In...

Welcome back to Part 4 of this six-part blog series on the Church Engagement model! Let’s recap our first three blogs before we begin! In...

Hello again! I pray you’ve enjoyed the first two blogs from this series on the Church Engagement Model. In the Church Engagement Model...

Welcome back! I pray you enjoyed the first blog from this series on the Church Engagement Model. In the Church Engagement Model Part 1,...

When we talk specifically about Member Engagement, a good definition is “the ongoing interaction between a member and an organization in...

Summer is my reset time. The schedule slows down a bit. Trips with the family. More free time to let the mind wander. I love sitting by...

In this mini-series on coaching, we have reflected on the impact of asking powerful questions and why great leaders have coaches. You can...

When I say the word “coach,” what is the first image that comes to mind? Many of us think of sports, music or education. We remember...

Early in my career, I held a misconception that prevented me from fully embracing leadership. I believed leaders needed to “know it all.”...

You have been freed from…and you have been freed for. The Christian leader must understand the biblical nature of freedom. If we don’t,...

Why is discipleship training so mysterious? I recently spent some time with fellow Lutheran pastors, and I asked, “How are you training...

A Personal Story I can remember many years ago when I started my professional work with Christ Greenfield. I was hired as a part-time...

The core idea of the Lean Startup Methodology is to avoid wasting valuable time and resources when developing a new service or product....

My son Jonah was born in July 2017. My wife and I had just purchased our first home in East Mesa, Arizona. As new parents, we were...

When I was a teenager, my parents would send me to Norway every summer. My father is Norwegian, and that's where I was born. Deep in the...

Over the years of being a pastor, reading the Bible, and studying the discipleship strategy of Jesus, I’ve always thought we made...

Everyone’s journey into ministry is different, but my own route into pastoral ministry was…well…unique. In our church body, the typical...