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Leadership Lessons from the Rise of Donald Trump

His hair is legendary. He has an ego the size of the Grand Canyon. He might possibly be the next President of the United States. He’s definitely making waves. His name is Donald J. Trump, and the enormity of his wealth is only surpassed by the Trumposity of his personality. Let me start by saying this […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoMarch 15, 2016

Emotional Health Leadership Pastoral Burnout

Pastor, Go Be A Man

There’s a powerful story in Mark Twain’s book, Huckleberry Finn. Last year, I read this book to my children, and was so struck by this story, that I stopped to highlight it. In a town Huck is visiting, an angry mob gathers, infuriated over the actions of a man named Sherburn. Read on if you’re […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoMarch 3, 2016

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How to Not Waste Your Christmas Crowd

Every pastor knows that Easter and Christmas are two Sundays that are most likely to attract the unchurched and the de-churched to attend. You probably have given thought to your Christmas or Advent services already, since we’re just a few weeks away. Between now and Christmas, you’ll probably brainstorm ideas decorate the Sanctuary rehearse special […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 22, 2024

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A Simple Strategic Planning Process for Your Church

Some fancy terms that get thrown around in the world seem complicated — but really are more simple than you might think at first. One is “strategic planning.” It can sound scary. It leads to lots of questions: Entire books have been written on this subject. And they’re great. But I’m guessing most pastors on this list […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoFebruary 20, 2025

Pastor burnout - 9 action steps you can take to recover and heal

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9 Steps To Beat Pastor Burnout

Surveys say that most pastors have felt like quitting in the past 12 months. If you feel like you’re about to crack wide open, drop in your tracks, or get a Pez dispenser full of Tums to keep your stomach calm…You may be feeling as though God is angry with you, and would push you […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoFebruary 10, 2025

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Always Learning: What I Learned About Church From Walmart

In John Maxwell’s book How Successful People Think, the story is told of Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, when the store chain was just taking off. Sam took a couple of his colleagues, regional store managers to visit some of the competition in Huntsville, AL. Don Soderquist (later, CEO of Walmart) related the story: “We went into […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years ago

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Can We Stop Talking About Technology Like It’s An Enemy?

One of the questions I get asked frequently is about technology… about what tools I’m using, what new things I’m trying. This week, I’m launching my first e-book: “The Top 9 Tech Tools and Apps I’m Using to Get More Done!” In it, I share my favorite tools, and how I’m using each one. Before […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoFebruary 15, 2016

Emotional Health Health Pornography Tech Tools

Four Starter Steps to Fight Porn In Your Home

Pornography is big business in America. Approximately $12 billion annually is spent on pornography. To put that in perspective, the 100 largest missions organizations in America received 3 billion in a recent year. Porn is about equal to the energy drink market in the US. Close your eyes and visualize all the energy drinks in all […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoFebruary 10, 2016

Emotional Health Family Health Pornography

The Porn Pandemic: Is Purity Possible?

I admit it — I love the Internet. I liked it from the first time I heard the beep beep boooop of our first dial-up modem, and saw how information came streaming into our home. Anything I needed to know, type it in… and there it was. Today, it’s better, smarter, and way, way faster. […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoFebruary 3, 2016

Emotional Health Family Health

What to Do When Life Punches Your Goals in the Nose

My morning routine, which I wrote about recently, was going so well. Life was starting to hum along again, after the birth of our sixth child. He was sleeping through the night, I was able to get some sleep & get up and rock my to-do list before dawn. Then, the baby got a cold. […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoFebruary 4, 2016

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