Articles in this category focus on how a Christian leader can build and nurture competencies and apply them practically in ministry life.
Leadership is about both taking on and about letting go. But letting go is hard. We’re wired to take on more, give more, do more. Strategic plans bulge at the seams with new ambitions, new initiatives, new markets, new ways of working.
Dr. Stanley Arumugam
Do you struggle to be resilient and bounce back well from setbacks? This holistic design will help.
Malcolm Webber
John Owen preached, “You must be killing sin or sin will be killing you,” and we must bring both intensity and intentionality to killing these viruses. We should not seek to manage them; we should seek to kill them.
Eric Geiger
I still laugh at when my dad built a birdhouse and put it up in his back yard. Thoughtfully, he stuffed the cute little structure with twigs to help the birds with their nest-building. Watching one day he saw a bird go inside the birdhouse and come out with a twig in her mouth, take it to a tree and return, only to get another twig. That [...]
Corey Olynik
It only makes sense when you wake up to the fact that, as a leader, you need to manage diverse gifts, personalities, and talents to have an effective team.
Ritch Hochstetler
If a leader does not set priorities, the pressures of today and the problems that fill an inbox will dominate every day’s agenda.
Eric Geiger
Do you struggle with being content with the status quo? This holistic design will help.
Malcolm Webber
A leader’s ultimate success depends directly upon his effectiveness as a listener.
Malcolm Webber
Listen to our new episode of In the Word with Malcolm Webber!
Malcolm Webber
Above all, self-awareness is voluntary. The information we gain can only be applied by us — no one can force us to use what we learn about ourselves. But for the willing and the courageous, any chance to be crafted into a better leader will be welcome.
Jess MacCallum
Demands for our time seem to clamor endlessly. When was the last time you had a peaceful moment when you were not thinking about that next thing to do? Usually the decision to commit to too many things is because we can’t seem to say “no.” How do you say “no” in these busy times? Is “no” being selfish, or is “yes” being selfish when you [...]
Julie Sunne
Humans make dumb mistakes. With more than 33 years in ministry, Charles has committed his share of dumb mistakes, as have we all, without ill will or an evil heart. Even so, these mistakes are … well, just dumb.
Charles Stone
We've all seen this in our meetings. Some people will begin speaking and keep talking until something valuable comes out of their mouth; they engage their minds with their mouths open.
Corey Olynik
Listen to our new episode of In the Word with Malcolm Webber!
Malcolm Webber
Listen to our new episode of In the Word with Malcolm Webber!
Malcolm Webber
Leaders come with a variety of experiences, tools, approaches and methodologies. The thing they all share, however, is the belief that they can bring value to an organization in the form of substantive change. They all believe they can guide a group to achieve a given goal. But no matter what area of expertise or experience, no matter [...]
Jess MacCallum
Listen to our new episode of In the Word with Malcolm Webber!
Malcolm Webber
Do you struggle to pray for others? This holistic design will help.
Malcolm Webber
Christian leaders, or any leader for that matter, face a kind of fatigue that can rob our energy and diminish leadership effectiveness. “Decision fatigue” refers to the way decisions degrade in quality after a long string of successive decisions. In other words, the more decisions you make, the more the quality of those decisions [...]
Charles Stone
Go beyond “filling in the boxes” with this excerpt from Design Games by Malcolm Webber.
Malcolm Webber