Articles in this category focus on rejoicing in the community of other believers, how to build and nurture community, and how to better reflect Jesus Christ to our brothers and sisters in the faith.
Marginalized employees ‒ they are in your organization, right now. They’re on the fringes. They are the people who don’t join in. What lessons does Jesus’ life teach us about putting our arms around these people and insuring they feel valued as well?
Mark Deterding
Questions can be a way to improve the health on a team. And, sometimes even improve an unhealthy team member. It’s all in picking the right questions. And, asking them.
Ron Edmondson
From the beginning of creation, God had a clear vision for generational succession. Everything we do should carry this vision!
Malcolm Webber
Conflict is unavoidable in relationships. Conflict isn’t necessarily sinful or destructive, but it can be depending on what we do with it. Jesus outlines a clear, specific, and workable process in Matthew 18.
Charles Stone
“How do I confront my leader?” Because God uses confrontation to mature us and develop us and because a life without confrontation is a life without growth, it is an important question. But it is also a dangerous question.
Eric Geiger
Jesus taught that being trustworthy in the small things leads to greater trust with the big things (Matt. 25:21). The movie Braveheart, about Scot highlander William Wallace, illustrated this value of faithfulness in the small things.
Jess MacCallum
To cultivate trust, leaders must contribute to a sense of safety, commit themselves to listening, empower others to act, learn from their mistakes, and promise only what they can deliver.
Dave Odom
Leading a team is one of the most difficult things you can ever do. The individuals on the team are different, yet they need to work together to create a cohesive team that has a personality and life of its own.
Fred Noble
Healthy organizations need the tension between chaos and order. Every company needs both fire and water. Every company needs a healthy soul.
Paul Metler
Effective leaders strengthen others and foster collaboration.
Malcolm Webber
Great teams feel valued by those who lead them.
Charles Stone
Let’s rethink our definition of “excellence.” Excellent worship is worship that’s accessible to EVERYONE. An excellent worship leader makes sure everyone, not just musicians, has a part to play.
John Branyan
God’s plan is for a united people to fulfill His purpose, not just for individual, gifted leaders to do great things.
Malcolm Webber
A million candles can be lit from a single flame.
Malcolm Webber
I’ve often heard people say you can’t measure discipleship. I don’t know if that’s true. Granted, it’s still going to be subjective, as is this post, but I believe the Bible gives us clear indications someone has been discipled.
Ron Edmondson
Exemplary leaders accomplish great things by enabling others to take ownership of and responsibility for the organization’s success.
Malcolm Webber
Follow these six core principles from the life and teachings of Jesus, and you will build a great culture in your organization. You may not change the world, but you will change your company.
Ken Gosnell
An outreach for the sake of outreach is still good works, and an outreach for Christ’s sake is edifying and glorifying to God ‒ but what if we utilize and then measure the initiative for greater purposes?
Matthew Fretwell
We can see it everywhere in the Bible, from the unfolding of God’s Triune nature to His establishment of His church. God’s design is for teams!
Malcolm Webber
We are quick to label people based on our own personality and standards, and one of the big divides is between those who are people-oriented versus those who are much more task-oriented.
Mike Bonem