Stop Cloning Yourself: Your Team Needs Different Leaders

For years I assumed people should lead the way I do, until planting a church shattered that illusion. Two godly people can walk into the same room and see completely different needs. I unpack why healthy churches need diverse leaders working side by side, not clones of one another. Read more.

Leadership

Stop Expecting Everyone to Lead like You

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Focused Discipleship

#Personal — Pierce Taylor Hibbs draws on Powlison and Packer to recover three neglected themes shaping genuine spiritual growth.

#Marriage — Frank Powell shares seven honest truths about Christian marriage the church rarely mentions, including its hardest early season.

#Parenting —  Mike Landry outlines seven everyday moments dads can use to teach sons emotional intelligence and healthy expression.

#Church —  New Lifeway research reveals men and women each bring unique discipleship strengths and blind spots, calling churches to deeper community.

#Work — Reagan Rose reframes limiting beliefs as limiting lies, showing how Scripture, not self-help slogans, renews the mind.

#Pastor —  Joshua Chatman unpacks the pastor’s biblical job description: leading, feeding, protecting, and caring for Christ’s flock.

#AI —  Jonathan Gemmell warns pastors against outsourcing Bible study to AI, since wrestling with Scripture is where formation happens.

Weekly Wallpaper

Perfume (Valley of Vision)

Let this wallpaper design remind you that a grateful heart spreads the fragrance of Christ everywhere you go this week. Download now.

Wallpapers

Wallpaper: Perfume (Valley of Vision)

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