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My christian leadership blog provides deep insights into church leadership, life, and spiritual growth. Designed for leaders seeking inspiration, I offer practical wisdom and transformative ideas to help foster thriving, adaptive communities.

Seven Practices for Bearing Leadership Pain Faithfully

If leadership involves pain, then one of the most important questions is not whether leaders can avoid pain. They cannot. The better question is whether leaders can learn to bear pain faithfully.

James Benson

Jul 16 min read

The Pain of Leadership, Part 3: The Hidden Cost of Avoiding Pain

Churches often do not avoid pain. They only choose which kind of pain they are willing to live with.

James Benson

Jun 264 min read

The Pain of Leadership, Part 2:

One of the reasons church leadership becomes so painful is that many people misunderstand what elders are called to do.

James Benson

Jun 235 min read

The Pain of Leadership: The Pain of Disappointing People You Know

Many churches do not fail to change because leaders lack ideas. They fail to change because leaders cannot bear the pain that faithful change creates.

James Benson

Jun 175 min read