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rbarlow
May 2, 20227 min read
Come Follow Me. Yes, Lord… but How?
My son Jonah was born in July 2017. My wife and I had just purchased our first home in East Mesa, Arizona. As new parents, we were...
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Jack Kalleberg
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Three Strands Are Better Than One
When I was a teenager, my parents would send me to Norway every summer. My father is Norwegian, and that's where I was born. Deep in the...
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Tim Ahlman
Apr 18, 20226 min read
How Did Jesus Do Discipleship?
Over the years of being a pastor, reading the Bible, and studying the discipleship strategy of Jesus, I’ve always thought we made...
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Nick Price
Apr 11, 20223 min read
The Gold Standard of “Context”
Everyone’s journey into ministry is different, but my own route into pastoral ministry was…well…unique. In our church body, the typical...
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Tania Hilton
Apr 4, 20226 min read
Maximize the Geniuses on Your Team
If you serve in ministry, it’s likely that at some point you’ve worked as part of a team. Over the years, I’ve worked on several teams...
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Tim Ahlman
Mar 28, 20225 min read
The Passively Imbalanced Pastor
Pastors are generally passively imbalanced. Many of us didn’t get into ministry as a means to exercise our dynamic behavioral traits....
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Jack Kalleberg
Mar 21, 20224 min read
“Checking In” for the Frustrated Leader
If you have ever carried the burden of leadership, then you probably know what it's like to feel frustrated and overwhelmed, to be...
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Tim Ahlman
Mar 14, 20226 min read
Did Paul Train Leaders Like We Do?
Did Paul train leaders like we do?
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Jack Kalleberg
Mar 7, 20223 min read
What the LCMS Can Learn from the U.S. Army Officer Development Model
For many decades, the United States has benefited from having the strongest military in the world. This is something for which we can be...
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Tim Ahlman
Feb 28, 20225 min read
My Grandpa Was an LCMS Pastor
My Grandpa Arnold Ahlman has been with Jesus for 22 years. His friends called him “Arnie.” I don’t remember him preaching much. I do...
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Tim Ahlman
Feb 22, 20225 min read
The Church Needs a Wellness Revolution: Tim’s Favorite Wellness Podcasts
Church leaders have a stressful calling. Duh. Emergency calls at all hours of the day. Funerals. Public speaking. Sunday comes around...
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Jack Kalleberg
Feb 14, 202211 min read
Is the LCMS Cherry-Picking the Confessions?
We Need More Workers! And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of...
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Tim Ahlman
Feb 7, 20225 min read
Five Joys of Collaborative Team Ministry
It breaks my heart to hear the Barna statistic that 38% of pastors have considered leaving the ministry in the past year. It breaks my...
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Tim Ahlman
Feb 1, 20224 min read
Three Reasons Pastors Don’t Develop Other Pastors
2 Timothy 2:1-2 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 2and what you have heard from Me in the...
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Tim Ahlman
Jan 25, 20229 min read
Why the Church Needs to Deploy Local Leaders (Part 3 of 3)
Start with Why. If you don’t know your Why very few will follow you to What. (Thank you, Simon Sinek.) Your Why should be compelling,...
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Tim Ahlman
Jan 19, 20226 min read
Why the Church Needs to Deploy Local Leaders (Part 2 of 3)
Why the Church Need to Deploy Local Leaders (Part 2 of 3)
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Tim Ahlman
Jan 10, 20226 min read
Why the Church Needs to Deploy Local Leaders (Part 1 of 3)
Start with WHY. If you don’t know your Why, very few will follow you to What. (Thank you, Simon Sinek.) Your Why should be compelling,...
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