There are three kinds of leaders: opportunity seekers, goal setters, and problem solvers. In this segment, Pastor Mark explores what these three different leaders look like. It’s possible to have certain leaders in the wrong position. If that happens, they...
This week Pastor Mark has one big idea for leaders anywhere and everywhere: you need to be in authority and under authority. Whether it’s your family life, business, or church, a leader needs to be both in and under authority....
The culture has shifted from pursuing excellence to pursuing authenticity—or what’s real. Being fake is not a way to gain a person’s trust. We live in a world where people can discern who is real and who is fake. If...
Photos are one of the primary ways that people are now exchanging information. In this segment, Pastor Mark covers society’s dependence on image-based technology and what it means for churches to use that for God’s glory....
With time, some of the things brought into our homes turn out to be more clutter than useful and we often don’t realize this until we’re getting read to move. Pastor Mark analogizes the process of sorting what you want...
There are four slots that people can fall into within a church or organization: Good Person, Good slot Good Person, Bad slot Bad Person, Good Slot Bad person, Bad slot Pastor Mark explores how you can tell what slot a person is in and if...
Most leaders already have more than enough on their plate, and then someone comes along and gives them five more things to do. This week, Pastor Mark explores what it looks like to maximize and multiply your effectiveness. One of...
Whether you are in a business or a church, Pastor Mark poses five questions to help leaders focus their mindset before jumping into a situation. As always, he explores practical experiences and mistakes from his past that have helped him...
This week’s big idea is encouragement. How have you been encouraged in the past and who can you encourage now? Pastor Mark explores his past mistakes of leading Mars Hill Church in a culture where there wasn’t much encouragement. Without...
By the grace of God, Pastor Mark explores what humble leadership looks like. He admits he’s not in any place to talk about it, but he still wants to bestow what wisdom he has gleaned while being a leader. The...
As a leader, you have to decide what’s a big deal and what’s a little deal. If you’re taking on the big things and the little things, you’re going to run yourself down fast. A leader needs to be both...
Are you putting your ministry or job over your marriage? In this supplementary material to Real Marriage, Pastor Mark focuses on the marriage of John Wesley who was so committed to his traveling ministry that he entirely neglected his family....