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 Ben Haupt | Aug 20, 2024 | Leadership
by Rev. Dr. Ben Haupt Over the last month, I had the distinct opportunity to spend a ton of time with the retiring Executive Leader of PLI, Jock Ficken. He and I decided it would be helpful for him to introduce me to some key partners in PLI’s mission. So, Jock and I...
by Ben Haupt | Aug 7, 2024 | Leadership
by Rev. Dr. Ben Haupt 30 years ago this week, I met my wife. We were both delegates to a 4H leadership conference at the Indiana State Fair. How Indiana of us! It was fun to think back to those days meeting Celina for the first time and all we’ve traversed together...
by Ben Haupt | Jul 30, 2024 | Leadership
by Rev. Dr. Ben Haupt Recently I was talking to a former seminary student of mine who is now a pastor. After we talked about the latest with his family, I asked him how ministry was going. He began trying to tell me about all the things going on at his congregation,...
by Dave Ficken | Jul 9, 2024 | Leadership
by Rev. Dave Ficken What is keeping your people from living out your ministry’s vision? For a church to have traction in the mission of God, there are three important ingredients: Be convinced of the need for change. Be clear on your context and mission. Be catalytic...
