Whether you are a pastor or leader, the process of finding the right person for a position is one that causes stress across the board. Many of my clients worry that they won’t be able to find the best person for a position.

So, what do you do when the person you give a task to doesn’t follow through…do you let them drop the ball or not?

Until March 2020, most leaders and pastors were comfortable leading in-person and from upfront. So, when we abruptly found ourselves leading remotely and from behind a screen, it became a bit disorienting, even humbling if we’re willing to admit it.

The first time someone asked me if I was going to go into ministry, I literally laughed out loud and confidently shook my head and said, “no.” I had just spoken to my home congregation of 5,000 over two days and three services having just come home from spending time visiting our sister church in rural Tanzania. In fact, the first time I spoke to an audience that wasn’t in a classroom setting (aka that wasn’t part of a school assignment) was while I was in that rural Tanzanian village. I was 21 and had an interpreter next to me translating my message into Swahili. I couldn’t have articulated it then, but I now know that I didn’t think I would be a good fit for ministry because truthfully, I didn’t see examples of women like myself in leadership roles.