Brian Dodd On Leadership

Do you want to lead like Jesus?  Who wouldn’t?  Jesus is the greatest leader that ever lived.  I love studying Jesus and the things He did during His earthly ministry. Because He is God, whatever insights I am shown are only be a small glimpse into His impact but I still love dissecting passages of [...]

Today, The Rocket Company had the privilege of putting on an online conference for 15,030 pastors and church leaders called Preach Better Sermons.  It was an amazing event with a lineup that included names like Andy Stanley, Louie Giglio, Mark Driscoll, Steven Furtick, and nine other prominent Christian communicators. Led by Casey Graham, Michael Lukaszewski, [...]

Each Friday I present the Top 10 Leadership Posts I read the previous week.  This week I simply felt lead to go in a different direction. Last week, the Christian community’s heart broke for Rick and Kay Warren on the passing of their son.  I have never had the opportunity to meet the Warrens but [...]

The pastoral profession has one of the top 3 suicide rates of any profession.  I have often heard that but never experienced it…until today. This afternoon I received the horrible news that a pastor friend of mine committed suicide late last week.  It was difficult news to hear because a little over a year ago [...]

Genius is making the complicated simple, not making the simple complicated.  Sometimes there are good practical answers right before our eyes to the issues we face.  And one of the biggest issues pastors and church leaders face is how to gain, train, and retain more volunteers. In the April edition of Wired Magazine, the Cincinnati [...]