Logos 9 Bible study software offers some really great features and improvements over Logos 8. But the short of it is this: Logos 9 helps you craft really great sermons! I’m going to keep this short, so I’m just going to share with you two of my favorite features. (Click HERE if you want to…
Most of us were trained to be teachers and chaplains Tod Bolsinger explains that most pastors haven’t been prepared to be organizational change leaders–and how the Church Leadership Institute can help pastors lead effectively in this changing world. Listen to the full episode here: https://www.markuswatson.com/100
The Challenge of Ministry I’m so thrilled to announce that Spiritual Life and Leadership is now the official podcast for Fuller Theological Seminary’s new Church Leadership Institute (CLI). Why does this matter? Because ministry leadership is more challenging than ever! And I get it—because I feel the same challenges in my own leadership. What we…
“Us” vs. “Them.” It’s how most people see the world. Another word for this is tribalism. And, apparently, tribalism comes quite naturally to us. Here’s what a study titled Tribalism Is Human Nature says: Humans evolved in the context of intense intergroup competition, and groups comprised of loyal members more often succeeded than those that…
Tempered Resilience, by Tod Bolsinger, helps leaders step into the challenge of adaptive change with health, strength, and confidence. In Canoeing the Mountains, Bolsinger showed pastors, leaders, and churches what to do in order to lead adaptively in uncharted times. In Tempered Resilience, he shows us how to be and become the kind of person…
What is Pre-Christendom? Pre-Christendom is the era of Christianity lasting from the time of Jesus until 312 C.E. when the Roman Emperor Constantine became a Christian. It is called Pre-Christendom because it preceded the Christendom era, the years when Christianity was at the center of Western culture. In the years following the life of Jesus,…
Let me ask you a question. What’s more important, my personal rights or the common good? We could put it in more specific terms. What’s more important: My right to bear arms or the safety of school children who are often the targets of mass shootings? My right to not wear a mask or the…
A Year of Suffering I’m a white male. What that means is that I’m a person for whom neither the color of my skin nor my gender have ever been an obstacle. I’ve had other obstacles, but not those. And so there’s a part of me that feels unqualified to speak into the current moment. …
[All Logos 9 packages are currently on sale for 15% off. Click HERE to get the discount. And read my review of Logos 9 HERE.] It happened! I had been looking at the Logos Bible study software website when it happened. I stumbled across the Logos endorsements page and I saw something that made…
The Age of COVID-19 The world is broken and in desperate need of shalom. If you’ve never noticed it before, I bet you’ve noticed it in the age of COVID-19. COVID-19 is running rampant in our world. At the time that I’m writing this, there are over a million confirmed cases and over 53,000 deaths.…