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Maximize the Geniuses on Your Team
If you serve in ministry, it’s likely that at some point you’ve worked as part of a team. Over the years, I’ve worked on several teams...

Tania Hilton
Apr 4, 20226 min read


The Passively Imbalanced Pastor
Pastors are generally passively imbalanced. Many of us didn’t get into ministry as a means to exercise our dynamic behavioral traits....

Tim Ahlman
Mar 28, 20225 min read


“Checking In” for the Frustrated Leader
If you have ever carried the burden of leadership, then you probably know what it's like to feel frustrated and overwhelmed, to be...

Jack Kalleberg
Mar 21, 20224 min read


Did Paul Train Leaders Like We Do?
Did Paul train leaders like we do?

Tim Ahlman
Mar 14, 20226 min read


What the LCMS Can Learn from the U.S. Army Officer Development Model
For many decades, the United States has benefited from having the strongest military in the world. This is something for which we can be...

Jack Kalleberg
Mar 7, 20223 min read


My Grandpa Was an LCMS Pastor
My Grandpa Arnold Ahlman has been with Jesus for 22 years. His friends called him “Arnie.” I don’t remember him preaching much. I do...

Tim Ahlman
Feb 28, 20225 min read


The Church Needs a Wellness Revolution: Tim’s Favorite Wellness Podcasts
Church leaders have a stressful calling. Duh. Emergency calls at all hours of the day. Funerals. Public speaking. Sunday comes around...

Tim Ahlman
Feb 22, 20225 min read


Is the LCMS Cherry-Picking the Confessions?
We Need More Workers! And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of...

Jack Kalleberg
Feb 14, 202211 min read


Five Joys of Collaborative Team Ministry
It breaks my heart to hear the Barna statistic that 38% of pastors have considered leaving the ministry in the past year. It breaks my...

Tim Ahlman
Feb 7, 20225 min read


Three Reasons Pastors Don’t Develop Other Pastors
2 Timothy 2:1-2 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 2and what you have heard from Me in the...

Tim Ahlman
Feb 1, 20224 min read


Why the Church Needs to Deploy Local Leaders (Part 3 of 3)
Start with Why. If you don’t know your Why very few will follow you to What. (Thank you, Simon Sinek.) Your Why should be compelling,...

Tim Ahlman
Jan 25, 20229 min read


Why the Church Needs to Deploy Local Leaders (Part 2 of 3)
Why the Church Need to Deploy Local Leaders (Part 2 of 3)

Tim Ahlman
Jan 19, 20226 min read


Why the Church Needs to Deploy Local Leaders (Part 1 of 3)
Start with WHY. If you don’t know your Why, very few will follow you to What. (Thank you, Simon Sinek.) Your Why should be compelling,...

Tim Ahlman
Jan 10, 20226 min read


Power
Who gets to do what around here?

Tim Ahlman
Dec 27, 20212 min read
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