by Michael Bayne | May 13, 2021 | change, leadership
I’ve been thinking a ton about time this week. A year ago, time froze, and we shut everything down as we tried to slow down COVID-19. I keep seeing memories from that season and what I am reminded of is that we were forced to adjust how we spent our time. Some...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 6, 2021 | change, leadership
This month marks a year that we have been navigating this pandemic. When we stopped physical gatherings in 2020, we thought we would be back by Easter of the next month. We were wrong, and we had so much to learn ahead of us. Our church was online only for about 3...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 29, 2021 | change, leadership
There was no way we could have known what a difficult year this would be when we first heard about COVID-19 a year ago when the first case popped up in Seattle. As I am writing this, that was a year ago this week, and like other flu-like viruses we have encountered,...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 22, 2021 | change, leadership
One of my early goals in ministry was to survive. I grew up the child of a pastor. Growing up, I had seen pastors come, and pastors go for so many different reasons. When my wife and I began serving in a church setting, I knew I wanted to outlast, outwit, and outplay...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 6, 2020 | change, leadership
When we sheltered in place here in South Carolina, I could never imagine that now, in November 2020, we would still be dealing with the impact of COVID-19. It’s been a challenge for everyone dealing with the pandemic. We all know someone that has battled the...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 22, 2020 | change, leadership
I have read lots of articles recently about men and women leaving ministry roles in 2020. Pastoring in 2020 is hard, but pastoring in 2019 was also hard. When I think about it, I could say the same for pastoring over the last 10 years. The journey and process of...
