This one causes plenty of spats within the church leadership culture. Are we stifling God’s Spirit because we’re planning every minute of the service? Are we dismissing someone’s God-given gift because we don’t think it’s good enough? Lots of questions with polarizing responses. Excellence vs. Perfection is a real leadership tension that leaders face, especially […]
POST UPDATE: This giveaway has ended. Congrats to Amanda M. who won the free copy! —————————————————————— I’m very intrigued by Christine & Adam Jeske’s new book This Ordinary Adventure: Settling Down Without Settling. In This Ordinary Adventure Adam and Christine Jeske mine their experiences, from riding motorcycles across Africa to dicing celery in Wisconsin, in […]
Today’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.” Condoleezza Rice from No Higher Honor Sometimes I long for an age where a leader’s bad day or poor decision doesn’t become instant twitter chatter […]
Leaders live in a constant state of tension. They live between what is and what could be. They straddle the known and the unknown. They wrestle the probable with the possible. They balance status quo with innovation. They have to understand where we are and yet convince us it’s worth taking the next step. There […]
I’ve always been pretty studious. I love to learn, love to read, love to go to classes, etc. Oftentimes I find that I am slow to act because I need to feel confident that I know exactly how to do something before I actually do it. Learning vs. Doing is a constant tension that I […]
Most of the great teams that I’ve either been a part of or observed have one thing in common – they feel like family. They are comfortable with each other in a way that only comes through true commitment to one another and their purpose. But even great families have their dysfunction. Patrick Lencioni said […]
Most of the great teams that I’ve either been a part of or observed have one thing in common – they feel like family. They are comfortable with each other in a way that only comes through true commitment to one another and their purpose. But even great families have their dysfunction. Patrick Lencioni said […]
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” I Peter 4:10 NIV We know that leadership starts with being a servant. If you’ve been given the gift of leadership, you have received it in order to serve others with that […]
This beautiful bunch of friends call ourselves “The Golden Girls”. Their are plenty of similarities to our personalities and The Goldens from the 80’s sitcom but what’s really ‘golden’ about this bunch is the value of the friendship we’ve shared for 15 years. 3 marriages 3 children 2 amazing dogs (Mick & Buddy) and countless […]
This beautiful bunch of friends call ourselves “The Golden Girls”. Their are plenty of similarities to our personalities and The Goldens from the 80’s sitcom but what’s really ‘golden’ about this bunch is the value of the friendship we’ve shared for 15 years. 3 marriages 3 children 2 amazing dogs (Mick & Buddy) and countless […]
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