Pastors, you don't need to attend every conference or exclusive event that is happening this year.

You need deep connection, networking, and authentic relationships. Choose what fills your calendar wisely.

You can write the most powerful core values ever written, but if you don’t model them, they’ll never be a reality.

Every Friday, thousands of church and marketplace leaders receive my weekly newsletter, On The Rise, to stay updated on church culture and faith trends.

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The people in your life who truly love you don’t love you because of what you did at work. They just love you.

Super Early Bird pricing for The Art of Leadership LIVE Event happening September 16-18 ends today!

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Your church will only be as healthy as you are. Take some time this weekend to think about your rhythms, and what needs to change on Monday.

Anti-culture is hunting down boundaries and convictions and destroying them. - Jon Tyson

Sin in secularism is not any particular moral violation. It's not the breaking of rules as such. It is the construction of an identity without any reference point towards God. - Jon Tyson

Everyone's got shallow connections, but all that's doing is producing. It's making us knowledgeable, but not wise, connected, but lonely. -@jontyson

Don't forget, Super Early Bird pricing for The Art of Leadership LIVE ends Friday!

Three days of transformative growth, September 16th-18th, in Dallas, Texas. Apply to attend the event now!

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If you have a proper midlife crisis, it should feel as awkward as your teenage years. It is a second adolescence. - Jon Tyson

In your 40s and 50s, you shift from heroic thinking into the second half of your life, which is defined by meaning and wonder. - Jon Tyson

Today on the podcast, Jon Tyson joins me to talk about culture's obsession with identity.

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A healthy culture is so rare these days, but when you see it, it becomes a magnet for a world desperately in need of health.

In eras of change, divisions, and despair, emotional health is indispensable, not just for the leader but for the sake of the entire church.

How are your communication skills? ⤵️

Now more than ever, clear communication is vital for church leaders; meaning you can get your message out, clearly and consistently.

How? Read the full blog on this here: careynieuwhof.com/church-leaders…

Life is hard. Ministry is harder.

Clarity in the face of uncertainty looks like this: We don’t know what’s going to happen with X, but we do know Y, so this is what we’re going to do.

Pastors weren't trained to talk about singles the way they were trained to talk about missions or marriage. - Annie F. Downs

Seeing the better output when you're not in control, and empowering your team, is so helpful. - Annie F. Downs