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Guilt Constricts Leadership

April 23, 2024 — Craig T. Owens

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Without a doubt, a leader plagued by feelings of guilt is a leader that is operating well-below his or her full potential.

One of the best ways to avoid these feelings of limiting guilt is for the leader to admit that he or she isn’t an expert in every aspect of their organization.

In this short clip, Karl Vaters and I are specifically addressing pastoral leaders, but the principles can be applied to leaders of any organization.

You can check out more clips from this interview by clicking here.

The two related blog posts I made reference to in this video are:

You may also be interested in a whole series of posts on godly leadership and in my book Shepherd Leadership.

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De-Sizing The Church

April 16, 2024 — Craig T. Owens

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I’d like to tell you about a book that I think is an absolute must-read for those in church leadership. Check out my interview with Karl Vaters, the author of De-Sizing The Church, on this episode of The Podcast.

Purchase your copy of De-Sizing The Church here.

You can keep up with all that Karl is doing on his blog.

And if you would like to check out when Karl interviewed me about my book Shepherd Leadership, those videos are here.

Here are a bunch of ways to get in touch with me and follow along with other projects on which I am involved.

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Shepherds Can’t Disconnect From Their Sheep

January 31, 2024 — Craig T. Owens

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Pastors are called to be shepherd leaders. Karl Vaters points out that some pastors get caught up in “the green room syndrome” that disconnects them from their sheep.

Here is another clip from The Church Lobby Podcast where Karl and I talk about this.

The biblical passage I reference in this interview is John 10:1-16.

Check out other parts of my interview on The Church Lobby podcast here. Or check out the full conversation Karl and I had on The Church Lobby podcast here.

Get more information on Shepherd Leadership here. And pre-order my newest book When Sheep Bite here.

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Can’t, Won’t, or Don’t

November 1, 2023 — Craig T. Owens

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I think it is very instructive that Jesus began His three years of public ministry after thirty years of preparation, and that He began His daily ministry after an early-morning prayer session. If Jesus needed that kind of preparation time, what would make us think we could do with anything less?

Karl Vaters and I discussed Chapter 10 of my book Shepherd Leadership which is entitled “Can’t, Won’t, or Don’t” This chapter (and our conversation) covers the three main reasons leaders need to address to make sure they are being adequately prepared.

Check out the full conversation Karl and I had on The Church Lobby podcast here.
Here are some of the other video clips I have shared from this interview.
And these are some of the blog posts on the topic of sabbathing.

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Avoiding Ministry Burnout

August 3, 2023 — Craig T. Owens

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It has always been extremely heart-wrenching for me to see pastors and other ministry leaders get so frazzled that they throw in the towel. Many of them not only resign from the churches where they served, but they end up resigning their ministerial credentials too.

I know this breaks God’s heart as well.

When I was interviewed on The Church Lobby podcast, Karl Vaters wanted to discuss some preventative steps that pastors could take to avoid this ministry burnout.

In my book Shepherd Leadership, I devote five chapters to the mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional health of those in ministry leadership. I hope you will pick up a copy for yourself or for your pastor.

To listen to the full interview on The Church Lobby, please click here.

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Action-Oriented Confidence And Humility

May 11, 2023 — Craig T. Owens

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I have two back-to-back chapters in my book Shepherd Leadership where I discuss the confidence and the humility of leaders. The healthiest of leaders are self-aware enough to know which one of these leadership styles is naturally theirs, and they are also actively aware of how to bring balance to those two extremes.

As Karl Vaters and I discussed on The Church Lobby podcast, the natural tendency for confident leaders is to view humble leaders as pushovers, and the natural tendency for humble leaders is to view confident leaders as arrogant. Is this fair? Check out how Karl and I unpack this.

If you would like to grow your leadership effectiveness, please pick up a copy of Shepherd Leadership for yourself. And stay tuned as I’ll be sharing more clips from this interview soon.

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Faithfulness And Excellence

March 15, 2023 — Craig T. Owens

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I had such a great time with Karl Vaters on his podcast called The Church Lobby. Right at the beginning of the conversation, Karl wanted to talk about the subtitle of my book: The metrics that really matter.

Check this out…