Hey Swerve Friends, Thanks for being a faithful part of this community. Bobby and I are deeply grateful for you. We’ve decided to take a short break from blogging during the Holidays. I pray you have a blessed Christmas with your loved ones. We’ll be...

I’ve been so excited to see this huge milestone getting closer, and just this week we finally reached it: People have spent one billion minutes reading the Bible on YouVersion.com with their mobile devices! It is incredible to think of people all...

I hope you are already having a great holiday season! If you are serving at a church, I imagine many of you are busy preparing for Christmas (Eve) Services or other Christmas events.  I’m always fascinated by the creativity and diversity of the...

There are several principles that I seem to revisit when talking with pastors.  A couple of these are the cost/excellence curve and the cost/effectiveness curve. I wrote about those on swerve almost two years ago, but I think it is worth revisiting...

Not only do you want to ask the right people the right questions, but you’ll also want to do it at the right time. I see three different times when feedback is valuable: 1)    Before the event Most leaders I know look for feedback on the back...