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How Living In the Urgent Can Kill Your Creativity

Hey pastors! As one of you for the last 21 years, I know all about pastoral stress… and how it can damage your ministry and your creativity. If you haven’t read Stephen Covey’s excellent book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” you’re missing out. Out of the many helpful things in the book, here’s […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 21, 2024

A Place to Start for Small Church Pastors

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A Pastor’s After-Easter Action Plan

The songs have been sung, the message has been preached, the celebration is over… and the pastor is tired. I know. You definitely need to take some time off this week. But here’s a short list of actions you should take to make sure that your efforts leading up to Easter Sunday don’t go to […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 21, 2024

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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

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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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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

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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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Why We Still Do Sunday Night Services

Sunday night services have fallen on hard times. I can understand why. Attendance is low. It’s tiring for pastors & their families, especially for those who have 6 children. People are busy. They feel overworked, overcommitted, tired and stressed. Family time is drained by a million things. (I know, I know — family time is […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoJanuary 22, 2016

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What I Learned from Raising Cane’s

A few months ago, a new chicken place came into our neighborhood. It was named Raising Cane’s. Liz and I decided to try it. In short, we loved it. It hasn’t replaced Chick-Fil-A, but they are really good at what they do. And I’m not the only one. Raising Cane’s was the 4th fastest growing […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoJanuary 21, 2016

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How to Build a Morning Routine – Part 2

There isn’t one “right” morning routine. It’s built on your values and realities. My reality is self-employed (pastor) and 6 kids. Yours might look totally different. But for some ideas and encouragement, here’s a walkthru of my morning routine, from start to finish, with tips of what makes it work better for me. If you […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoFebruary 16, 2016

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The Best Way to Improve Your Church Outreach

I once heard John C. Maxwell tell a story of a man who was angry at being passed over for a promotion. “They can’t do that — I have 20 years experience!” he grouched. “No you don’t!” Maxwell retorted. “You have one year of experience 20 times!” If you have been in church work for […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoJanuary 20, 2025

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