Catalyst Articles

I am called to pastor, preach and help lead the Church…but no longer as paid staff.

As a leader, how do your leadership skills translate into creating a healthy, growing and vibrant church community?

Instead, right there on my phone loaded the words of a man who has decided to be a change maker.  

When we recognize the role of the Church extends beyond our walls, it expands our perception of where reconciliation extends. 

This is a foundational question for anyone seriously committed to expanding their leadership capacity and growing their influence. This is where it all starts.

Part One of a two-week look into how we as the Church, need to approach the cities we live in. 

For a lot us, discovering who God created us to be has a lot to do with cutting out the distractions in our lives. These distractions aren’t just time-wasters—they also bring a lot of negative emotions into our spirit.

There’s no greater authenticity killer and confidence kidnapper than fear. Feeling afraid erodes our sense of being okay with who we are, the way God made us.

“I think people forget that pastors are people too, we have lives, we are broken, and we need help.

Life was full, overflowing with our hopes and expectations of a new season with growth and opportunities ahead. And then, on April 21, 2008, in the span of a few moments, all that we expected for our future rushed away like a waning ocean tide.

There’s a lot of encouragement to dream big, but more important than the size of the dream is where it’s really coming from and why. Is your dream really God’s vision for your life?

God was allowing my exhausted, weary self to surface, so I could make God known in 3 unexpected ways.