We all make mistakes. The first kind are those we make because we don’t have knowledge or ability. The second are the mistakes we make because we don’t have the margin or resources.

So how do you make the most of a study retreat? In this episode, I give tips on how I planned a GREAT study retreat.

In the context of adaptive challenges, appreciative inquiry can be used to help organizations and individuals identify and build on their strengths and successes, rather than focusing solely on problems and deficits. This can help create a more positive and constructive approach to addressing the complex and often uncertain challenges that organizations and individuals face.

How do you lead forward when everything you see seems murky and confusing? Leading in strange times requires learning skills before making decisions, and those skills aren’t found outside of the people who know the problem the best.

So how do we reckon strategic leadership with both an awareness of what God is doing PLUS the confession we can’t control anything?

We learn the power of spiritual curiosity.

So what does it mean to plant a church in one of the poorest parts of the country, and during a pandemic? In this episode, I talk with Eric Hoke, pastor of All Saints in the Bronx, about how his bi-vocational strategy is a major part of his ministry vision.