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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,...
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Tim Ahlman
- May 23, 2022
- 4 min
Training Is Needed—You Can Do It!
Why is discipleship training so mysterious? I recently spent some time with fellow Lutheran pastors, and I asked, “How are you training...
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Jack Kalleberg
- May 16, 2022
- 6 min
Conquering False Choices in Ministry
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...
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Tania Hilton
- May 9, 2022
- 6 min
Build Measure Learn Your Ministry
The core idea of the Lean Startup Methodology is to avoid wasting valuable time and resources when developing a new service or product....
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rbarlow
- May 2, 2022
- 7 min
Come Follow Me. Yes, Lord… but How?
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...
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Jack Kalleberg
- Apr 25, 2022
- 3 min
Three Strands Are Better Than One
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...
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Tim Ahlman
- Apr 18, 2022
- 6 min
How Did Jesus Do Discipleship?
Over the years of being a pastor, reading the Bible, and studying the discipleship strategy of Jesus, I’ve always thought we made...
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Nick Price
- Apr 11, 2022
- 3 min
The Gold Standard of “Context”
Everyone’s journey into ministry is different, but my own route into pastoral ministry was…well…unique. In our church body, the typical...
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Tania Hilton
- Apr 4, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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Tim Ahlman
- Mar 28, 2022
- 5 min
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....
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Jack Kalleberg
- Mar 21, 2022
- 4 min
“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...
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Tim Ahlman
- Mar 14, 2022
- 6 min
Did Paul Train Leaders Like We Do?
Did Paul train leaders like we do?
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Jack Kalleberg
- Mar 7, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Tim Ahlman
- Feb 28, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Tim Ahlman
- Feb 22, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Jack Kalleberg
- Feb 14, 2022
- 11 min
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...
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Tim Ahlman
- Feb 7, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Tim Ahlman
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Tim Ahlman
- Jan 25, 2022
- 9 min
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,...
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Tim Ahlman
- Jan 19, 2022
- 6 min
Why the Church Needs to Deploy Local Leaders (Part 2 of 3)
Why the Church Need to Deploy Local Leaders (Part 2 of 3)
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