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.
We face a choice when it comes to our leader care: Are we going to the fitness center or to the hospital’s critical care center? In Part 1 of this guide, Brent Hoover outlines a path forward for holistic leader care.
Brent Hoover
We talk often of principles of how to build a healthy church. But what does that look like in real life? Let’s find out in this excerpt from A Portrait of a Healthy Church, by Malcolm Webber.
Malcolm Webber
Dive deeply into abiding in Christ with your team with this half-day, outdoor design.
Brent Hoover
Perhaps now – before more checklists clutter the counter and the year-end madness begins – would be a good time to do a little marital spring-cleaning. Because it is easy to forget if marriage is not on the checklist.
Lisa Bohn
Effective focused intercessory prayer takes effort, but can mean the difference between success and failure for the leader.
Patty Katzer
As we work with children—whether in a Christian setting or a secular setting—our job is to bring them to Him so that He can touch their lives. We must lean on Him to know how to do just that. As we engage with each child, we need to be open to God’s nudging as the opportunities pop up.
Kathleen Hershberger
The power of the “one-another life” is undeniable. Yet as Christian leaders, although we recommend it to others, we are prone to wander from its reality and our unique need of it. But Jesus’ invitation into true community remains for every leader, no matter how busy or mature one may be.
Brent Hoover
The world’s leading executive coach shares seven questions that can elevate your leadership significantly.
Paul Sohn
Trust is having strong conviction in the evidence of something, or agreeing the evidence is true. That is why no one trusts a bridge they can plainly see is broken. Building trust depends upon actions that are the evidence that a person is trustworthy. Here are ways leaders can ensure the trust bridges are strong and true within a team.
Charles Stone
Leading isn’t strictly about getting the job done. Leading is about building relationships.
Joseph Lalonde
We can’t fight all the time; we need time for refreshment and encouragement. The warrior becomes a shepherd through his or her love and affirmation of the sheep.
Stephen Mayers
Do extroverts make better leaders? The answer is important for people engaged in leader development.
Susan Jensen
Every dialogue can be either a competition, or a bond of connection with another person.
Adrian Pei
The task of Christian leadership comes with high standards – the highest, we would hope! Therefore, every emerging leader must learn to choose accountability.
Malcolm Webber
When are we truly loving people, and when are we just getting “sucked dry?”
Adrian Pei
It’s easy to look at our brothers and sisters and see their warts and blemishes. Yet the perfect One, the holy One, the One without a single imperfection doesn’t look on His people the way we often do.
Mark Altrogge
I need to let God change people and even organizations. He is the potter and we are the clay.
Doreen Kwarimpa-Atim
I wonder what descriptive words your people use for you. Do their words match your intentions?
Corey Olynik
This journey of missions and raising kids is a journey laced with grace. To communicate that grace to your kids is the biggest gift you will ever give them. Much of our past has been put into photo albums, blog posts, and memories of the heart. There is no doubt this life of pilgrimage comes with unique challenges, peculiar pains, [...]
Marilyn Gardner
The challenge is to create time without having your team feel like you hit the “pause” button. For many, “pause” creates inertia that's tough to break.
Corey Olynik