The church is supposed to be a blessing to the world. A pastor should be the greatest champion of grace and truth. There is nothing more perverse and distorted than a toxic pastor. Learn how to confront an abusive pastor.

Rebuilding trust is never easy in a broken relationship. But the first step to rebuilding trust is to admit your mistakes… fully. Here are five reasons why that’s true.

Toxic people can ruin any church event with their personal agenda, bad theology, or conspiracy theories. This post gives seven practical steps to address the toxic church member.

Toxic church people can dominate your church and ruin the experience for everyone. How do you confront the toxic church member? This post will help you to understand their shame based motivation. Part Two will give you seven steps to confronting them.

Too often our losses make us feel overwhelmed, like our life is slowly being chipped away. But God can fill up those losses and make you whole.

Insecurity often serves as a hidden motivator that drives many individuals to seek positions of leadership, including roles within the ministry. But what are some of the toxic characteristics that commonly appear in pastors struggling with insecurity? This article highlights twelve key traits that can negatively impact their leadership and the health of their congregations.

Church planters are courageous people. Having planted a church myself, I know. Scary stuff. But how do you know when you are ready to launch? Here are five indicators.

Preaching is more than self-help plus Bible verses. Preaching is offering people transformation through God’s power.

In the final post on helping pastors to take a sabbatical, I relate what I did on sabbatical and how it helped me.

When a pastor plans for a sabbatical you need to decide where to go and how long to go. I share my decision making process in this post.

Stress isn’t always obvious to you. Others see what you don’t see. Stress not only exists when life is crazy. It can happen when times are good. Pastors and CEO’s need to understand the weight they carry.

Pastors need a sabbatical after times of intense church work. But they are often hesitant to ask for it. Here’s why sabbaticals are so important.

Our failures often define us. But God looks past our failures to see who we can be. Let God be the one who decides your identity.

Regrets from past failures and losses and paralyze you. They take over your mind. So it’s important to reframe your loss.

If you’ve experienced a personal setback and landed in a bad place, God can use that place to prepare you for your comeback.

We often get stuck in a wilderness (exile) after experiencing a setback in life. But sometimes we stay stuck because we have a low view of God. We think scarcity rather than abundance.

When you’ve been hurt, it’s easy to think that your offender is in control. Your only defense is anger and resentment. But forgiveness can set you free from your past.