Do you trust people or fear people? Maybe you demonstrate a mixture of the two, or perhaps you lean heavily toward one or the other. According to my friend and mentor Bob Dale, the extent to which a pastor fears or trusts those in his/her congregation will have a significant impact on the pastor’s leadership

The authors of Resilient Ministry share five key themes for ministry vitality, the third of which includes emotional intelligence. As my friend and fellow faculty member at Western Seminary Norm Thiesen says, emotional intelligence is the single biggest determining factor for the long-term success of a pastor. Norm should know, since he’s a psychologist as

What happens when a well-meaning Anglo couple invites their new Middle Eastern neighbors over for dinner in hopes of establishing a supportive relationship? Practically every move the host couple makes in order to create trust actually backfires and causes the guests to be offended and confused. From the decision to dress casually to encouraging the