I hope and pray you all had a wonderful Easter. We have had a season that has been extra busy while we have also experienced some technical problems. As a result, we are in a season of delay. We expect new posts to begin soon on a monthly basis. Thank you for your patience. In the meantime, if you have ideas for future Essential Godly Leadership blog topics, please pass them along to erictoddrojas@gmail.com. As always, I love being on this Essential Godly Leadership journey with you! Essential Godly Leadership: “Leading your life, your family, your work, your relationships, and your world in a ..read more

We’ve all heard in recent years of high profile pastors that have fallen in some way. If nothing else, that trend shows us that none of us is exempt from failing and failure. I pray that none of you fail in a way that is public or devastating. But I know that all of us have and will fail – relationally, spiritually, physically, and in other ways as well.  It’s not a matter of if, but when. Then, it’s a matter of not if we will respond, but how we will respond. When I’ve blown it leading a meeting, in a relationship matter, as a supervisor, or with my family, I can tell you how I’ve grown ..read more

I started this blog to focus on Essential Godly Leadership and what God’s Word has to say to us in leadership roles. But, today, I’m turning to that great theologian, Tina Turner, to introduce the topic of love. In her song, What’s Love Got To Do With It, she sings, “what’s love got to do with it but a second-hand emotion. Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?” Now, while this is an 80s pop song, there are some perspectives that can seep into leaders’ minds. Leaders can come to believe that good leadership is leading without emotion and not getting too attached, so you don’t get burned ..read more

I like to watch and listen to crime shows, do you? Any 20/20 fans, 48 hours fans or any Crime Junkie fans? As I watch and listen to these shows, I always marvel at what price people put on murder? I’ve heard someone hired for as little as $2,000 and as much as $100,000 or more to murder someone else. Sometimes when I am watching a show like this, I get to thinking, could there ever be a price where a normal God-fearing person commits murder? Then my mind goes to the other ten commandments – what about the price for committing adultery? What about the price for dishonoring your parents?  I ..read more

I have a bad habit of hearing criticism and immediately getting defensive and coming up with my pushback. I really need to change that bad habit! Do you have a bad habit that you wish you could get rid of? Do you have a pet peeve of habits that others have? I get frustrated with people who have a bad habit of not turning on their turn signals! It is essential for the Godly Leader to have great personal and leadership habits that become a part of their daily DNA and character. Below are three bad habits that you need to trash and three good habits that you can tackle in 2024. There are also two ..read more

Thank you for subscribing to Essential Godly Leadership – this is the end of season 4. I’ll be off for a few weeks. If you have ideas for blog post topics please let me know. If you are getting something out of this blog, please tell others to subscribe and I always appreciate you sharing on social media. Merry Christmas and see you in 2024! -Eric ..read more

I love all things Thanksgiving – family, friends, church services, food, desserts, walks, playing Thanksgiving day  football, watching football… the list goes on. I also really love our gratitude time around the table. Sometimes, the expressions of gratitude are simple, which is fine, and sometimes, they are moving, which is always amazing. The only thing I don’t like about Thanksgiving is that we move on to Christmas (which I love), and that spirit of thankfulness always seems to take a backseat. We move into consumer, shopper, crazy busy mode in the matter of one… Black Friday! Well, I ..read more

If you’re a parent, you’ve probably mumbled under your breath, or out loud, the following phrase to one or more of your children: “Why you ungrateful…” I’m not wrong on that, am I? As leaders, we all want to be people who are known for our gratitude. As a Godly Leader, however, that gratitude has a source and starting point – gratitude to God. So, before we talk about gratitude to others in my next blog, today we’re going to start talking about where the gratitude muscle needs to begin to be strengthened – gratitude to God.  It is essential for the Godly Leader to live a life of daily exp ..read more

I work in a church, and I love setting goals. I love setting goals in my personal life and ministry life. In fact, I probably like setting goals a little too much. When my wife Rachel and I got married, each year, I would sit down with her and create marriage goals for the next year. Sounds like fun, right? The problem, I found out, is that it’s not the most romantic thing to do on your anniversary date night on a napkin.  After several years of being married and putting up with my goal of “anniversary dinner goal setting,” my wife finally got up the nerve to tell me that that was not a w ..read more

My wife and I have a saying – it’s never easy. Doesn’t it just seem that every step of the way in life there are problems and obstacles of various degrees? They come in all shapes and sizes and caused by people, circumstances and mistakes. The question is not whether life’s problems are going to come our way, the question is how are we going to deal with them? It is Essential for the Godly Leader to employ several key Godly principles when leading and dealing with life’s struggles.  #1 – GODLY LEADERS DIG DEEP TO FIND THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.  Is it a person, a system, a sin, a relat ..read more