Tag: Leadership

I don’t know what condition you are in right now. I have read the studies about pastors, but more importantly I drink a lot...

I can still recall walking out of the leadership meeting, feeling deflated and invisible.  They just don’t get me, and what I’m trying to do,...

As a leader, if you don't understand the power of delegation, then you’ve been missing out on the single most useful strategy for both...

Smartphones are indispensable for today’s leader, yet smartphones get us off track as well. On the plus side, multitasking is phenomenally enabled by those...

When I was a new Christian, I was taught that it was not God’s will that believers in Jesus should ever suffer. If you did,...

Recently, I was sitting in a restaurant with a group of friends. One of my friends left his reading glasses in his car. When...

In this age of communication and technology, it’s difficult to find “silence.” Our culture is addicted to words, music, mobile phones and the constant...

The regal bearing of a king is not revealed by outward extravagance, but by character and attention to the well-being of those influenced by...

I spent December quietly at home with the intention of getting much-needed perspective on the next season of my life. I was aware of...

Today I’m going to look at “leadership capacity” as a function of strength – strength to carry the responsibilities that we feel called to...

From the time I left the business world to enter full-time ministry, I had a conviction that to grow a church I needed to...

The mood in the meeting tent was thick with anger, disbelief and frustration. Ten trained leaders were ready for action. Ten warriors were prepared...

It’s great to be “pouring into” people. That’s a popular phrase in today’s leadership environment. I’ve used it because I like the word picture...

Today, do you find yourself overwhelmed and not knowing what to do? That’s a perfect place to confess your insufficiency and cling to the Lord.

We sometimes wish that everybody else in the church was "just like me," but the things that make us different are actually a blessing.

As a child in Africa, it took two weeks for us to learn of the death of my own grandmother by way of a telegram relayed from continent to continent and handed off to a bicycle courier who made the day-long trip in hopes of a gratuity upon delivery. Things have changed.

Leaders fall into two categories ‒ those who flourish and those who don’t. What are common traits of flourishing leaders? I believe what happened in the early church gives us clues to traits of a flourishing leader.

I like to think and write about leadership a lot – I love that there are so many ways to look at it. My passion is to make unique connections between these insights, and raise important questions for leaders to consider.

Expatriates are often put into positions of leadership simply by nature of our physical presence or because of a certain number of years lived in a place. Sometimes it is because a person is a gifted leader, sometimes they are a reluctant leader, sometimes it happens organically, and sometimes it is an appointment.

The work of creation involved the whole Godhead. No individual is inferior, yet team leadership doesn’t eliminate the value of a principal leader or director. The team together has all the gifts and capabilities necessary to lead effectively.