I’ve been in ministry for 30 years, 20 of those as a senior pastor, and I started StoneWell Ministries to help pastors and churches get unstuck.

I’ve served in churches over 1,000 in associate roles and most recently lead a great church of 1,000 in the Chicago suburbs as senior pastor.  I also planted a church, raised three kids, and wrote two books. I’m now writing a third on pastors addicted to approval.

I coach pastors, consult with churches, speak, train, and write to help Christian leaders achieve their fullest kingdom potential.

I believe leaders must think well to lead well, so I integrate neuroleadership insight into the art of Christian leadership.

I typically post two to three blogs a week on leadership, church ministry, neuroscience application to leadership, and soul and family care for the Christian leader. To make sure you don’t miss my newest posts, you can subscribe via RSS or e-mail.

BIOGRAPHY

Both my wife Sherryl and myself have a heart for pastors and pastors’ wives. We’ve taught hundreds of pastors and their wives in the United States, Nicaragua, Columbia, and Mexico.

I earned an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, a Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. I just began another masters degree in neuroleadership.

I’m also a rabid Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket fan.

My latest book, published in May 2010, 5 Ministry Killers and How to Defeat Them focuses on how to overcome pastoral burnout, frustration, and depression so that we pastors are able to fully serve Christ, our families, and our churches. Using previously unpublished, commissioned research from the Barna Group, LifeWay and Christianity Today, I use my thirty years in the ministry to identify five potent killers in pastors’ lives and show how to defeat them to regain the hope and enthusiasm we once had for ministry.

My first book, Daughters Gone Wild-Dads Gone Crazy, co-authored with my daughter Heather, was featured on the Dr. Laura Show as a feature book. We both appeared in a two-part series on Focus on the Family with Dr. James Dobson and our interview garnered a top-ten broadcast rating and was aired again. We recently appeard on James Dobson’s new program, FamilyTalk. The book earned the Writer of the Year Award at the Write-to-Publish Conference held at Wheaton College in 2007. Over 25 of my articles have appeared in leading ministry and parenting magazines.

I love to fish, ride my recumbent bike, and go to the movies with Sherryl, my wife of 30 years (I always gets the jumbo bag of popcorn with a free refill).

Two canines make their home with us in Aurora, Illinois.

My wife and I have three grown children; Heather, age 29, who is married to Charlie, Joshua, age 27 who is married to Deborah, and Tiffany, age 25 who lives at home.

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