Dr. Paul Chappell

Providing Leadership in Turbulent Times

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Apr 9, 2020 | Ministry Leadership

“It is a dreadful thing to come into the Presidency this way, but it would be a far worse thing to be morbid about it. Here is the task, and I have got to do it to the best of my ability; and that is all there is about it.”—President Theodore Roosevelt, in a letter to...

5 Ways to Prepare for an Unusual and Christ-Exalting Easter

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Apr 6, 2020 | Christian Life

Easter 2020 is not the Resurrection Sunday we were expecting. Nor is it the one we were planning for a month ago. But it is the Easter in front of us this Sunday, and we trust that God is not limited by the social distancing restrictions imposed by COVID-19. Although...

Trust God and Seize the Moment

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Apr 3, 2020 | Christian Life, Current Events

If you’re like me, your schedule for this week looks nothing like what you envisioned it would four weeks ago. Not only is my daily or weekly schedule scrambled, but my calendar is upended due to COVID-19. Some of the changes have been hard. I miss seeing my...

How to Reach Forth While Waiting

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Mar 31, 2020 | Christian Life

It’s hard to believe how much has changed in the three months since we entered 2020 and our church began the theme “Reaching Forth.” The theme phrase comes from Philippians 3:13, “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting...

17 Efficiency Management Principles: Spiritual Leadership Podcast Bonus Episode

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Mar 25, 2020 | Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast

Very few things challenge your efficiency and process like a nation-wide crisis. In this bonus episode of Spiritual Leadership Podcast, I discuss seventeen efficiency management principles that I have been reflecting on and asking the Lord to help me to use. I hope...