by Mark Tidsworth | May 30, 2014 | Opinion
This is the season for clergy and church staff to move. Quite a few pastors have contacted me about managing their goodbyes and hellos as they transition. These pastors want to manage their leaving well as a final way to love their congregations. In addition, they...
by Mark Tidsworth | Feb 24, 2014 | Opinion
One of the blessings of vocational ministry is the high degree of control clergy have over their schedules. If you are a minister, before you groan and push back, consider how much control you have. Because it is a calling and because clergy are on call most always...
by Mark Tidsworth | Nov 4, 2013 | Opinion
Navigating the whitewater of change seems to be the number-one challenge of our times. Trying to convince individuals, families, businesses and congregations that change is happening is like trying to convince the sun it is yellow. Some things are so obvious they are...
by Mark Tidsworth | May 14, 2013 | Opinion
“If you find the perfect church, don’t join it; you will just mess it up.” It’s true. Because we are flawed human beings, we take ourselves with us wherever we go, even to church. Given this reality, there is no way to eliminate all conflict...
by Mark Tidsworth | Apr 29, 2013 | Opinion
Themes show up in the oddest places sometimes. I’m thinking about three congregations in which Pinnacle Leadership Associates has done conflict management consulting – Baptist, Lutheran and Presbyterian. Conflicts in these three churches were related to...
