The Problem With Excellence
I had a crazy front row seat watching a church grow from a house group to 6000+ people on a weekend. Whether that’s good or bad and...
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- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
What's Your Attitude Indicator?
So here’s an idea as we move into the Thanksgiving holiday… Paul’s short letter to the Philippian church underscored his belief that...
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Do You Have “Missional Integrity”?
The present love affair with corporate mission statements must be more than a framed eight-by-twelve well-wordsmithed paragraph hung on a...
- Sep 20, 2022
- 3 min
The Ease of “Power Abuse”
People can abuse power in a non-profit organization or on a church board, around a dinner table or in a street gang. Or in a marriage....
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
Does Anyone Hate Me?
There are many things that Christians are doing in the postmodern era that are exemplary, often ignored by the media. For instance, the...
- Mar 23, 2022
- 2 min
What's Your Leadership Perspective?
I recently came across a fascinating geographical factoid. The writer at The Acadian Ideal overlayed the Mediterranean Sea map on top of...
- Jun 3, 2021
- 3 min
Are Leaders Born or Made?
Some years back I had lunch with a young man who had immigrated to America at fifteen to escape an abusive father and a broken family...
- Nov 10, 2020
- 3 min
Vulnerability & Leadership
The organizational behavior philosopher Charles Handy made reference to an exercise known as the Johari Window. The Johari exercise...
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
Leaders Get Ripped Off. So?
In doing ministry that is geared toward serving, generosity, and giving away resources, some churches get concerned that they might get...
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
The (Not-So) Secret Weapon of the Church
For some unknown reason, I recently stumbled across a 60-year old interview with Ayn Rand by Mike Wallace. As you probably know, Rand’s...
- Sep 29, 2020
- 3 min
VBS and C.S. Lewis
One summer when I was a little boy, my mom sent me to something called “Vacation Bible School.” If ever there was an oxymoron, that’s it....
- Jun 22, 2020
- 3 min
A Self-Leadership Surprise
“Virtually everything our modern culture believes about the type of leadership required to transform our institutions is wrong. It is...
- May 26, 2020
- 2 min
Leadership & the Will of God
As spiritual leaders, all of us want to have a sense that we’re operating in the will of God. Certainly we don’t want to lead outside of...
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
Seasons & Leadership
There is one thing that makes “leadership seasons” manageable... Last night, the leader of our small group (Zoomed, of course…we’re still...
- May 12, 2020
- 2 min
The Case For Humble Leaders
The story of Joseph in Genesis is a powerful study in leadership...and humility. You know the account: his brothers had tormented him as...
- Apr 28, 2020
- 3 min
Starting Over...and the "Trust Factor"
A while back I broke down and bought a comfort bike. It’s a clever marketing name for bicycles for old people. For nearly thirty years I...
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