I’ve thought about doing a newsletter series on talks that should have never been given. What I mean is that there are certain talks that have become very popular to use in ways they were never intended to be used. Or in other words, the prophet, seer, and revelator...
A few months back I wrote a newsletter which I then turned into a podcast episode called 5 Reasons Negative Church Culture Exists. These reasons apply to all church members, but they particularly apply to church leaders. In fact, I could easily label these reasons as,...
Last week I wrote about 3 reasons why the Church should not provide official leadership training. I did highlight the fact that lay leaders still need to experience some type of leadership training. However, I’d prefer to frame it differently. I think the word...
Should The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints do more to train their lay leaders? As an Executive Director of Leading Saints, a nonprofit organization focused on leadership in the Latter-day Saint context, this is the question I hear often. I have also heard...
I’d like to pivot back to a broader topic of the second hour in church. Because of recent messages I have published via the newsletter, a few weeks ago I took a survey about what expectations you have for second-hour Sunday School. Here are the results: You can see...
These newsletter messages are more of a community experience rather than a personal experience for me. As I share perspectives and get incredible replies from many of you, I learn more and gain a deeper understanding of the leadership concepts I discuss here. As we...
The majority of feedback I get from this newsletter is often positive and in agreement with my somewhat random opinions. But I figured I would share with you one of my most controversial opinions that most of you are going to dislike (or outright hate). So keep your...
I have previously highlighted in this newsletter the dynamics that come with a “youth-focused” bishopric, and it has been interesting to get email replies from other organizational leaders. For example, I heard from two different Primary presidency members expressing...
Recently I shared the idea of a bishop going on a “couch tour” in his ward in order to give every household a personal interaction with the bishop sitting in their home and connecting with them. Many appreciated this idea, and others had concerns. The most common...
I always appreciate feedback, good or bad. After last week’s message about the effectiveness of a new bishop visiting every home in the ward, I received mixed feedback. One email said… “Worst advice to a new bishop ever.” This short and simple reply made me wonder…...
