Posts by Jason Lehman
Do You Know What Motivates Your Volunteers?
One of the most important aspects of ministry is its volunteers. For organizational leadership, having volunteers is encouraging because it helps in accomplishing your mission. It gives a shared sense of being in ministry together. For a volunteer, it can be equally meaningful because it gives an opportunity for purpose and impact to happen in…
Read MoreHow Does a Church Navigate the Digital Circus? Start at the Beginning!
Jump below to use our church vision exercise! A Recipe that Forces Change I’m not sure anyone is a fan of change. Change represents the abandonment of something you know with something you donāt. Churches have an even more challenging time with change given the layers of leadership and perspectives of churchgoers. Add a pandemic,…
Read MoreA Lesson in Kindness
I can be oblivious sometimes. If weāre honest, itās likely something we all are guilty of from time to time. Life is busy and we become laser-focused checking off the task at hand and moving on to the next thing on the list. Oftentimes, in the midst of our focus, we become totally unaware of…
Read MoreDoes Your Organization Want to Change the World?
So you want to change the world? Me too. I used to think it was a nice thing to say or aspire to, but over the years it has become a driving force in what motives me personally and professionally. I’m our idealist, where some tend to be our realists. I grew up in a…
Read MoreWhen Personal Issues Begin to Impact Organizational Health
Do you remember when you got your first car? When I was a teenager, I was eventually able to get enough money together, with some help from my parents, to buy my first truck. It felt like the greatest thing in the world. The truck was older and had some issues, but it was mine.…
Read MoreBeing Honest About Your Organizationās Shortcomings ā¦ is it Worth it?
What do you do when youāre in a ministry that has really dropped the ball? You havenāt done a good job of helping the people you said you were going to help. Or maybe you, as a leader, feel like youāve let your team down in some big way. Is there ever a time that…
Read More3 Ideas to Consider for Encouraging Mentors in your OrganizationĀ
When I was in ministry years ago, I didnāt have good models for the type of ministry I was trying to do. There were things I was trying to figure out that I just didnāt have good examples for, which resulted in a lot of trial and error. This is common for anyone thatās trying…
Read MoreMinistries Should Think Like Entrepreneurs
At Keenly, my job is to work with ministries. Big and small, local and international, building churches or educating children in Africa, I have the honor of working with such a variety of kingdom-changing groups. The past few years as Iāve been able to look behind the curtain of these different ministries, Iāve noticed a…
Read MoreThere’s No “Can’t” in Innovation
I’m not a huge believer in the word canāt. I never have been. It comes from me being young and having parents that encouraged me to move mountains. Change can be difficult; I get that. Defeasance becomes a barrier that limits people’s ability to see what could be better. While tradition is important, it can…
Read MoreStop Marketing and Start Inspiring People
When you hear the word “Inspire”, what comes to mind? Do you have the picturesque image of an artist painting the sunset meeting a dark and vast mountain range? Or perhaps you visualize someone sitting at a spot-lit piano on a blacken stage on the verge of a masterpiece. Maybe it takes you back to…
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