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5 Minute Mentoring: Leading Change More Effectively

Leading change in a local church is a tough task. Just about any pastor has one of these stories: An indisputable fact: Change COSTS. Financially. Spiritually. Emotionally. Chronologically. So how can we help ourselves know which changes to take on, and help people process them? Here’s a helpful chart shared with me by my “brother in […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 8 years agoFebruary 20, 2025

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5 Minute Mentoring: The Time Management Matrix

When was the last time you felt like you had ENOUGH time? I’m guessing it was on the 12th of Never. Time management is one of the toughest things about being a pastor. Preaching, family, discipleship planning, worship… Demands on your time are never-ending, and time-wasters abound. Have you ever: Fielded phone calls that took […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 8 years agoApril 20, 2024

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5 Minute Mentoring: How to Share the Gospel

Hi, welcome to a new feature on the blog! 5 Minute Mentoring is a new feature brought to you by SermonSubscribe. It’s designed to be a quick hit of practical tools-you-can-use, something that will help you organize, decide, be less stressed, more prepared. How do you share the Gospel? Do you have a prepared presentation, […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 8 years agoJanuary 10, 2017

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Church Revitalization Coaching Session #2

Welcome to Session #2 of Church Revitalization Coaching. This is a crucial session. I am praying for you and your church as you watch it, because it’s a tough one to put into practice — but it’s SO important!

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoMarch 21, 2017

Emotional Health

Why I’m Taking a Break From My Blog

A quick announcement before I start today: If you haven’t taken my survey about your greatest frustrations and joys as a pastor, please click take it… only 12 questions. I will be drawing two names from the ones who take it for two Amazon $20 gift cards… ends today! THE REAL POINT OF THIS POST I’m […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 16, 2016

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10 Ways to Be More Creative

Do you think it’s possible to become more creative? Is creativity natural, or developed? Is it a limited commodity, and you’re just stuck with however much of it you have? Is it even possible for a small-church pastor to be creative with limited budgets, no staff, and few options? I think you CAN become more […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 17, 2024

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Nextdoor: The New Social Network You Must Check Out

If you’re a pastor of a church, social media can be a frustrating thing. You want to use social media to connect with people who might be looking for a good church, so you create a Facebook page. You put out the word, and people start “liking” your church page – but they don’t even […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 21, 2024

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A Pastor’s Most Strategic Day of the Week

What is the most strategic day of your week? Do you have one? Do you know why it is the most strategic? What is the most important thing you do on that day? Church administrative work? Sermon preparation? Rest? Preventing burnout? Family time? As a pastor, I doubt that your most strategic day is Sunday. […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoMarch 30, 2016

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Pastor, Here’s Why You Can’t Quit

If the stats are right, several pastors reading this are burned out and thinking of quitting… or at least wishing it could happen. The old joke about “writing your resignation letter every Monday” has a grain of truth. You’re burned out. Used up. Frustrated. In conflict. Spiritually drained. Unappreciated. I don’t know if you’re one […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 21, 2024

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How Living In the Urgent Can Kill Your Creativity

Hey pastors! As one of you for the last 21 years, I know all about pastoral stress… and how it can damage your ministry and your creativity. If you haven’t read Stephen Covey’s excellent book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” you’re missing out. Out of the many helpful things in the book, here’s […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 21, 2024

5 Minute Mentoring: Leading Change More Effectively

5 Minute Mentoring: The Time Management Matrix

5 Minute Mentoring: How to Share the Gospel

Church Revitalization Coaching Session #2

Why I’m Taking a Break From My Blog

10 Ways to Be More Creative

Nextdoor: The New Social Network You Must Check Out

A Pastor’s Most Strategic Day of the Week

Pastor, Here’s Why You Can’t Quit

How Living In the Urgent Can Kill Your Creativity

Breaking Old Habits, Building New Ones