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Using Your Leadership Power To Serve Others

January 18, 2024 — Craig T. Owens

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Godly leaders are always striving to use their leadership power to serve others. What exactly does this look like? On a recent Craig And Greg Show episode, Greg and I discussed this important leadership tension.

Check out the full Craig And Greg Show episode here.
I talked about this confident-humble tension in much greater detail in this interview on the Thriving in Ministry podcast.
Check out the video of my superhero Plungerman.
And you can also read more in my book Shepherd Leadership.

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How Plungerman Taught Me Humility

June 7, 2023 — Craig T. Owens

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As I was being interviewed on the Leading From Alignment podcast, Jim Wiegand and John Opalewski were asking me about back-to-back chapters in my book Shepherd Leadership where I discuss how a leader’s confidence and humility should be in a healthy tension with each other.

There is an alter-ego superhero I created to help me learn this lesson—his name is Plungerman!

Check out a little more of the origins of Plungerman here
You can see the animated story of Plungerman here
And if you would like to watch my full interview on the Leading From Alignment podcast, that is located here

You can also check out more of my book Shepherd Leadership by clicking here.

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Call Me Pasture Craig

August 30, 2022 — Craig T. Owens

In my book Shepherd Leadership, I tell a humorous but very enlightening story of a student who called me “Pasture Craig.” It was done innocently enough, but it taught me an invaluable lesson.

Check this out…

And since that day, I have never minded being called Pasture Craig because it reminds me of what I’m really supposed to be doing!

If you want to check out another hilarious story about my alter-ego Plungerman, please click here.

Shepherd Leadership: The Metrics That Really Matter is an excellent resource for both pastors and non-profit ministry leaders and is available in print or ebook, and in audiobook through either Audible or Apple.

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The Origins Of Plungerman

November 5, 2021 — Craig T. Owens

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In my book Shepherd Leadership: The Metrics That Really Matter I take two chapters to talk about how confident leaders need to add humility to their confidence, and how humble leaders need to add confidence to their humility.

For me, I created and became a character named Plungerman to help me learn some humility.

At a recent Q&A and book signing event I was asked about the origins of Plungerman. Take a listen to my explanation of how Plungerman came to be, and then stay tuned to hear the epic adventure of Plungerman himself!

Shepherd Leadership: The Metrics That Really Matter is available in print or ebook, and in audiobook through either Audible or Apple.

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Plungerman!

September 1, 2021 — Craig T. Owens

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In my book Shepherd Leadership: The Metrics That Really Matter, I take two chapters to talk about a leader’s confidence and a leader’s humility. Effective shepherd leaders are learning to balance their confidence and their humility.

In chapter 4, I tell a true story about an alter-ego superhero I created as a way to remind myself of the importance of adding humility to my confidence. I hope you’ll watch the video featuring the artwork of Adam Comrie and the excellent production work of my son-in-love Ian Murphy. And I also hope that you will pick up a copy of Shepherd Leadership for yourself or for a ministry leader in whom you would like to invest.

Now, here is Plungerman!

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