Bo Lane

Bo Lane is the founder of ExPastors, a community that strives to offer help, healing, and hope for expastors, pastors, and church leaders, and author of Why Pastors Quit. As a media professional with more than 15 years of experience, he has developed marketing and brand strategies that have revolutionized churches and businesses, both large and small. Bo left full-time ministry after serving more than a decade in churches in Oregon, California, and Iowa. He is also a writer, filmmaker, woodworker, husband and father.

Refocusing Your Vision

Exhausted. Worn down. Fatigued. Unmotivated. These are all descriptions of burnout. Merriam-Webster defines burnout as ‘exhaustion of physical or emotional strength usually as a…

Lacking Influence

It’s safe to say that congregations are not favorable to change. In fact, Herb Miller, author of Church Personality Matters, notes that “congregations resist…

Between A Rock

I was about twenty years old and employed by a company who rented safety equipment to contractors working underground. Technically, I held the title…