“OK, I get it. Out with our three-minute devotion,” wrote one colleague last week in response to our previous two posts. “But what now? If I go to our board with a poem or a longer Bible study, that’s a sudden change. I don’t think...
Last week, we shared responses from colleagues around the country to the question: What makes it hardest to go deeper (spiritually) with your church board? Now, we turn to responses to the second question we asked: What are you doing, right now, to become a better...
Responses to our last two posts about the turnaround at Barnes & Noble and its parallels to church life led us into some extended conversations with colleagues who, perhaps like you, face the challenge of crafting an effective board agenda each month. We followed up with...
Our post last week on the turnaround of bookseller Barnes & Noble (big takeaway: they got a leader who loved books!) generated a lot of thoughtful response from those who read the piece. One colleague wrote to us: My friend has worked for them for years and...
What do you love that keeps you in church leadership? In the last chapter of 1 Corinthians, after Paul has thrown every theological argument he can muster at the church at Corinth to encourage them to love one another, and three chapters after his iconic...
“Tell them that I am a good Christian and I’m going to heaven.” Many of us saw parts of the drama play out in the U.S. House of Representatives two weeks ago, as the majority party struggled to elect its speaker. The person presiding over that...
At the end of this year, we want to thank you for reading our weekly pieces and for your many comments, suggestions, and stories about how you have used this material. We started Digging a Deeper Well over three years ago with a singular conviction: ...
December is no sooner over than January is upon us, trailing annual meetings and new officer trainings with it. Even if your church board turnover keeps a different calendar, this is always a good moment to think about how to do that turnover well. How a...
The story goes that a couple trying to find a country inn got hopelessly lost, so they stopped at a local store to ask for directions. “Sure,” the clerk offered. “Just go down this road for a couple more miles. You’re going to turn right...