September 7, 2023 I have a friend with a military background who recently shared with me a well-accepted axiom of war. He said, “When planning for a battle, amateurs talk strategy, and professionals talk logistics.” This platitude makes sense when you consider the critical importance of fuel, food, ammunition, and...

August 24, 2023 For the past 25 years, I have been teaching and writing about what it means to live a life of true freedom as a faithful steward of all of life. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to experience the reality of that life in a new way. One...

About ten years ago, my Steward’s Journey board challenged me to consider creating an assessment tool to help Christian leaders understand where they were on their journey of becoming steward leaders. At the same time, doctoral students were starting to ask for an empirical tool that they could use in...

For the past nine years, this blog has been dedicated to helping the body of Christ embrace the call to be faithful stewards in a world of owners. We have written frequently on the contrast between the worldview of an owner vs. the calling of a steward. I pray that...

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Across America, we are in a pastoral leadership crisis. It’s time we confront the issue, name the problem and commit to a solution.

  The Map To navigate our way along this third trek we will be guided by the following key text, image, themes and prayer. Key Verses for Trek #4 – Psalm 139:14, 2 Corinthians 4:6-7, Romans 3:22-23 and Hebrews 10:9-10 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;...