by Jock Ficken | Sep 9, 2024 | Navigate Cultural Change
There’s a growing discontent that adults in their 20s, 30s and even 40s are mostly absent in our churches…and maybe absent from faith in Christ. Many are discouraged that large portions of most communities have no interest in what’s inside the...
by Jock Ficken | Sep 3, 2024 | Leadership
How to Capture Hope and Courage when Both are in Short Supply If you want the people you lead to experience new hope and new courage, it starts with you. It always starts with the leader. Simple Truth: If you want to see a transformed ministry, it starts with a...
by Jock Ficken | Aug 26, 2024 | Leadership
People who start well oftentimes don’t finish well. And that includes those in ministries and ministry careers! I’m a football fan, and, in particular, a Cornhusker (a fading glory, I know!). A couple of decades ago, before the national championship seasons, Nebraska...
by Jock Ficken | Jul 1, 2024 | Leadership
As leaders we are supposed to have the answers. Right? But the world is ever-changing and this leaves us feeling off-balance. Uncertain. It takes courage and skill to step out and move into the unknown. Over the last few weeks, we have revisited a series of blogs we...
by Jock Ficken | Jun 25, 2024 | Leadership
Dear PLI Family, Next week, Ben Haupt joins the PLI team as its next executive leader! Ben and I will have two months together before I retire from PLI on August 31 and begin to explore what comes next. It will be a busy two months for Ben and for me! Ben is going to...
