Catalyst Articles

Learn the 5 things you can do as a Church leaders to reach the millennial generation! Read More...

Did you recently receive an opportunity to lead but are nervous about the shoes you are filling? Discover five tips for successfully replacing a long-term leader as the new guy. Read More...

It’s never fun. In fact, it’s painful. You preach an awful sermon. You lay the proverbial egg. Sometimes it doesn’t hit you until after the message is preached. Most times, however, it comes right in the middle – when you realize the congregation isn’t with you and you aren’t with them. It’s then you want a redo. So what do you do? Read more to discover the 5 steps to take after giving a poor sermon.

Do you have a 5 year plan to increase employee engagement? Discover the three key steps you can take as a leader at very specific times to effectively engage and develop your employees. Read More...

There is no new without the old being finished. Read More...

Such busyness is often perceived as “the new normal” of the 21st century. It almost seems as if some carry busyness around like a badge of honor. Or, if we say we’re not busy we feel ashamed or embarrassed. It's interesting that there is another feeling that more and more people are identifying with:  Loneliness. Read More...

There’s a quick way for church and Christian leadership teams to gauge whether or not their discipleship efforts are measuring up to biblical standards. Are yours? Read More...

We all need rest. We may try to deny or ignore it, but it’s part of our intricate design. God modeled rest for us when He created for six days, and then rested on the seventh. He didn’t need to rest, but He wanted us to see that rest is good. It’s restorative. Read More...

Lysa TerKeurst shares her personal manifesto to inspire and encourage Catalyst leaders. Read More...

Have you ever felt completely incompetent? Odds are, if you are in leadership, you’ve found yourself with a task staring you in the face that makes you question why it was given to you in the first place. It can leave you thinking ‘There’s no way I can finish this’ or ‘Someone else would be so much better at this’. But it’s the projects, meetings, and ideas that scare us the most that teach us the most.

These two qualities are necessary for the leader to be successful, to fight through the negativity, and to stay committed in the face of a lack of expected success. Read More...