A Design for Thinking Creatively
Do you have difficulty thinking creatively? This holistic design will help.
Malcolm Webber
Competencies
Articles in this category focus on how a Christian leader can build and nurture competencies and apply them practically in ministry life.
Malcolm Webber
So Much of Our Teaching Is Not Sound and This Is How to Fix It
People waste years and sometimes their whole lives, never coming close to their purpose in God, because they get caught up in their own or someone else’s religious speculations. If we are to be effective and balanced teachers of God’s Word, we must recognize that our doctrines have various levels of significance and of authority. Jesus [...]
Malcolm Webber
Listening Is an Attribute of the Servant-Leader
Leaders listen. We listen to find out the needs of those we lead. We also listen to learn and grow. Above all, we carefully listen to the true Leader, Who cares deeply for those we are leading.
Gina Burgess
5 Types of Goals Ministry Leaders Must Avoid
Here are five big mistakes ministry leaders make when they think about setting goals.
Eric Geiger
What Listening Is (from Listening)
Leaders must not treat listening as optional or unimportant; they must understand the power of listening and take the necessary steps to be good at it. Find out more in this brief excerpt from Listening by Malcolm Webber.
Malcolm Webber
Trust in the Face of COVID
Even in the midst of restructuring, divestment and redundancy programs during COVID, here are the four key ingredients of trust that high trust leaders still lived out.
Rick James
9 Things Great Leaders Do
The book of Acts describes the amazing story of Jesus’ work through the Holy Spirit in the early church. With an explosive start, problems were certain to surface. The Apostles displayed great leadership and modeled for us nine things great leaders do.
Charles Stone
The World Is Not Changed by People Who Think
Sailing seems to be only action: flying over the water, leaping over the white crests, slicing through the sea spray. But without thoughtful consideration the boat won’t take you where you want to go. The world is not changed by people who think. The world is changed by people who act. The world is changed well by people who think and [...]
Malcolm Webber
6 Tensions of Life in a Small Ministry
If you serve in a small church, you understand tension. You can’t get away from it. Truthfully, ministry anywhere comes with tension regardless of the size of your church. But the tensions in a small church are unique and are worth a fresh look.
Brannon Marshall
A Bit of Advice on Giving Advice
Giving advice is rarely as useful as listening. It’s never as powerful as a great question.
Suzi McAlpine
Leadership and Power (from Abusive Leadership)
Abusive leaders and servant leaders relate to power differently. Find out more in this brief excerpt from Abusive Leadership by Malcolm Webber.
Malcolm Webber
Joyful Movement
We tend to act on things that bring us temporary joy in the moment, rather than things that are momentarily painful but bring lasting joy.
Brent Hoover
Facilitating With Grace
Ephesians 4:2 says, "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." How can we have grace with the unexpected disturbances in our work?
Elaine Vitikainen
5 Steps for Leading Change
In leading through various seasons of change, here are five steps I encourage you to consider in whatever change you’re facing.
Jenni Catron
5 Signs You’re a Leader Who Talks Too Much
Unfortunately, leaders can talk too much, not necessarily by monopolizing conversations, but by giving too many answers. So, how do you know if you are a leader who talks too much and what can we do to stop?
Charles Stone
The Three Horizons
The effective leader will focus on three time horizons simultaneously: 1. Cultivating current responsibilities, extending and defending the core existing ministries. 2. Tending and nurturing emerging ideas, strategies, and processes. 3. Planting seeds for tomorrow. This pattern encompasses the mature, emergent, and embryonic phases of an [...]
Malcolm Webber
6 Steps to Being Intentional
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
Six Lessons in Good Listening
Good listening is a great means of grace in the dynamic of true Christian fellowship. Not only is it a channel through which God continues to pour his grace into our lives, but it’s also his way of using us as his means of grace in the lives of others. It may be one of the hardest things we learn to do, but we will find it worth every [...]
David Mathis
A Design for Accepting Healthy Correction
Do you have difficulty accepting healthy correction without justification? This holistic design will help.
Malcolm Webber