Jun 18, 2026
Servant Leadership and the Church That Refused to Split
What the First Church Did When Its First Conflict Came — A Walk Through Acts 6:1–7 Every growing thing eventually faces a growing pain. A…
The Pastor’s Heart
Discipleship
Jun 9, 2026
The Hidden Life: Disciplines, Mixed Motives, and Endurance in Obscurity
Not a Program, but a Life Over seven articles, this series has traced a single argument from multiple angles: motive is the deepest layer of…
Jun 2, 2026
The Fallout: What Corrupt Motive Does to the People Being Led
The People We Have Not Yet Talked About For six articles, this series has focused on the leader. We have traced the God who weighs…
May 19, 2026
The Pastorals Reread: Why the Elder Qualifications Are a Motive Document
The Lists We Think We Know If you have spent any time in church leadership—serving on an elder board, sitting through an ordination interview…
Apr 24, 2026
Before Character, Motive: Why the Leadership Conversation Needs a Deeper Starting Point
The Sleepless Question I work for a company called ProVia, and ProVia invests heavily in leadership training—from the top down, deliberately, and with…