Believe, Encourage, Share, Trust

Believe in them Encourage them Share with them Trust them This is a John C. Maxwell acronym that I picked up somewhere along the way.  I wrote this down a couple of years ago but I’m embarrassed to say that I don’t feel like I’ve gotten much better at it.  I think I tend to […]

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What’s Your Paradigm?

I am studying the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with some of our staff and today we were talking about Covey‘s idea that we should move from dependence to independence to interdependence.  Dependence – the paradigm of you – you take care of me Independence – the paradigm of I – I […]

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What's Your Paradigm?

I am studying the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with some of our staff and today we were talking about Covey‘s idea that we should move from dependence to independence to interdependence.  Dependence – the paradigm of you – you take care of me Independence – the paradigm of I – I […]

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Equipping: The Leader’s Job

I read this little exercept from John C. Maxwell about the leader’s job of equipping others this morning.  This was really timely for me this week, so I thought I would share… Equipping is a tough job, much harder than shepherding.  The leader is to equip others for ministry.  Paul explains the goal for the […]

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Equipping: The Leader's Job

I read this little exercept from John C. Maxwell about the leader’s job of equipping others this morning.  This was really timely for me this week, so I thought I would share… Equipping is a tough job, much harder than shepherding.  The leader is to equip others for ministry.  Paul explains the goal for the […]

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Who’s on your team?

I think the book that has had the most influence on me as a leader is John C. Maxwell’s book The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader’s Day.  I bought this book over 6 years ago and I re-read it at least once a year.  I’m about 1/2 way through it again in the […]

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Who's on your team?

I think the book that has had the most influence on me as a leader is John C. Maxwell’s book The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader’s Day.  I bought this book over 6 years ago and I re-read it at least once a year.  I’m about 1/2 way through it again in the […]

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