by Leading Saints | Aug 10, 2023 | Newsletter |
As many of you know, I have recently developed a friendship with Jeff McCullough who produces Hello Saints on Youtube. In short, he is an evangelical pastor exploring everything he can about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he documents his journey...
by Leading Saints | Aug 3, 2023 | Newsletter |
Families can be together forever. Is this doctrine? Well, yeah, sure. However, it is more of an attempt to communicate a doctrine in the form of a marketing message. For years, we as a church community have attempted to convert people to the restored gospel by using...
by Leading Saints | Jul 13, 2023 | Newsletter |
I’ve recently discussed the importance of leaders talking more openly about their personal struggles and the reasons why they need repentance from sin just like everyone else. The temptation is to keep struggles with sin vague and to not get too specific. So, instead...
by Leading Saints | Jul 6, 2023 | Newsletter |
As church leaders, of course we struggle with sin and need to repent constantly. Right? Yes, of course we do, and I have heard many leaders make a similar confession, even over the lectern at church. However, simply confessing that you struggle with sin and need to...
by Leading Saints | Jun 29, 2023 | Newsletter |
In the last newsletter I discussed the importance of needing to get rid of the term “serious sin” and take all sin seriously. Naturally, our brains want to categorize concepts such as sin. There is the really, reeeeally bad sin, and then there is the white-lie sin....
by Leading Saints | Jun 22, 2023 | Newsletter |
I’ve been thinking a lot about sin and stigma lately. It seems we have created two general categories for sin: Sin Sin with stigma In our faith tradition, we don’t say “sin with stigma,” but instead we say “serious sin.” It’s a terrible habit, and collectively as a...
by Leading Saints | Jun 15, 2023 | Newsletter |
Recent newsletter messages may have helped explain the concept of why expectations are poison in leading people; however, they might have been too “in the clouds.” I’d like to address what leading without expectations might actually look like in real life. Although...
by Leading Saints | Jun 2, 2023 | Newsletter |
Let’s continue to explore the concept of leading through expectations. In a recent newsletter, I made the argument that even though it is common encouragement to lead with high love and high expectations, I consider expectations poison because they are behavior...
by Leading Saints | May 18, 2023 | Newsletter |
There is a quadrant that is often used when teaching leadership in the Church. Maybe you have seen it. It combines the power of love and the power of expectation in one quadrant. Elder Andersen has referenced it in a few trainings, and it was even referenced in my...
by Leading Saints | May 4, 2023 | Newsletter |
In my most recent newsletter message, I highlighted that doctrine is less effective if it is framed poorly. I shared some dramatic examples to communicate my point, but most of the examples sounded like they were framed by some type of anti-Mormon. My attempt at...
