Great teams learn how to bounce back after a loss. Great people do as well. So, how do you bounce back after a difficult Sunday? Or Board meeting? Or a message you weren’t fully prepared to deliver? Or a volunteer resignation? How do you deal with the raw emotions that surface and work to rise above them? What’s your bounce-back plan?

Because life advances at the speed of trust, building relationships on integrity and respect is a welcomed support for community leaders. COVID magnified the need for relational community strength and accelerated change. Make the effort in 2021 to personally be familiar with all 15 leaders on this list.

A Canadian Olympian, a psychotherapist, a hip hop dancer, a pastor and two global development workers walk into adversity. And no, this isn't a set-up line for a joke. These are real people in real adversity and what you can learn from how they developed resilience to be their best.

Feel like quitting? You are not alone. Cut yourself some slack. Have you ever been through a pandemic before? None of us have. You possess more resilience than you imagine.

How do pastors gauge ministry effectiveness during COVID? Our metrics must shift in this season.

Have you noticed? ABNWT pastors are gritty. You’ve combined passion and perseverance to find a way through the adversity, trauma, and threats of a pandemic. Resilience is what gives grit its elasticity, which is why RESILIENT is a good choice for the word of the year in 2021.

In December 2019, the future seemed so clear. But then 2020 happened, and you know how the story goes. COVID-19 struck. And the world fast-forwarded five years in five months. Now we’re in December 2020. What adaptive changes should you consider now to reach more people for Jesus? 7 shifts that can help stir your thinking.

12 Simple Ways to Reach Your Community this Christmas season.

Preparing for an avalanche of mental health issues in 2021.

One of the most vital ways to serve God and be a light in your community is to offer sanctuary for all people, at all stages of their mental wellness journeys. Caring for mental health and well being is an important part of what it means to participate in God’s loving work.

This Christmas will be unlike any other in your lifetime. That's why putting resilience on the top of your gift list serves you well. Resilience is not reliant on the comfort of explanations but the courage from God’s presence in the deepest dark.

Four essential ingredients to self-care.

When faced with continuous criticism, health concerns, stress, opposition, or discouragement, resilience is how well a pastor can adapt to the events in her or his life. Resilience is the secret sauce of pastoral fitness.

There are phenomenal opportunities available this Christmas to start or strengthen a relationship between your church and a local school or schools.

Did 2020 cause you to stop dreaming, to stop thinking big? It has for many. It’s why a setback can be a big opportunity. While many have stopped dreaming, you still can.

While we are engaged in debate about the great global reset, we do not want to miss the fact that God is re-positioning the Church for the future as well.

Pentecost teaches us not to fear the new or idolize the familiar, and that the divine power of Pentecost is the love of Jesus revealed in the Cross. Ready for God's next?

What will the local church look like in the future? That was the subject of discussion I was invited into recently. And the number of answers was greater than the number of participants. There was a lack of certainty but a multitude of possibilities.