Why We Make So Much of Jesus
Jesus Christ was the First. The Most. The Best. The Last. The Everything. Regardless of what they tell you, the Christian faith is not about love. Jesus. It’s all about Jesus.
Joe McKeever
Be one. Build many.
Joe McKeever
Is Your Company’s Soul Healthy?
Healthy organizations need the tension between chaos and order. Every company needs both fire and water. Every company needs a healthy soul.
Paul Metler
10 Ways Leaders Can Foster Collaboration
Effective leaders strengthen others and foster collaboration.
Malcolm Webber
4 Ways to Create a Work-Life Balance in Ministry
One of the hardest things to figure out in ministry is work/life balance. The schedule is 24/7. Because the demands of the job itself deal with the spiritual and emotional wellbeing of those in your church, it can be hard to say no. There are many good people in ministry who have made bad decisions that can be traced back to their [...]
Tim Stevens
Adam Ford It’s All About Your Focus
Leaders who are truly disciplined in their thoughts, actions, and life go the next step. These disciplined leaders know to be truly disciplined they have to control their focus.
Joseph Lalonde
King Jehoshaphat and 3 Examples of Godly Leadership
The next time you’re about to make decisions as a leader, think about Jehoshaphat: Unite people, pray first, and use wisdom.
Matthew Fretwell
How Well Do You Value Your Leadership Team?
Great teams feel valued by those who lead them.
Charles Stone
The Art of Getting Buy-In to the Vision
It is not enough for the leader to have a grand vision; his followers must “buy into” his dream – and good communication is vital for that to happen.
Malcolm Webber
Motivating Others
We limit our thinking when we assume that staff are simply motivated by external rewards. Research reveals a different reality.
Elaine Vitikainen
Your Excellent Worship Isn’t
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
Only the Slow Will Reach the World
Instead of highlighting The Fastest Growing Churches, I recommend we highlight The Slowest Churches, i.e. those that help us most to slow down and pay attention to God, ourselves, and others.
Pete Scazzero
Hope in Heaviness
By checking in on the emotional health of her staff and creating spaces for celebration and hope in the midst of the heaviness, Ann stewards her relationships with her staff and their relationships with the patients they care for.
Kelsey McFaul
Are You Coveting Your Prayers?
As we go into this week as well as a new year, let’s check our prayers to make sure we don’t care more about our prayers being answered than we do about being in Jesus’ presence.
Joshua Webber
Great Vision Is Not Enough – You Must Share It with Clarity and Passion!
God’s plan is for a united people to fulfill His purpose, not just for individual, gifted leaders to do great things.
Malcolm Webber
On Your Hands and Knees
We husbands like the idea of our wives coming to us on their hands and knees. We are quick to memorize Ephesians 5:22, “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.” And yes, the Bible does teach the leadership of the husband. But it is not a leadership patterned after Genghis Khan. Rather, it is a leadership patterned [...]
Alan Smith
Mental Health and Leading When You Are Unwell: Part II
Your mental health can determine your leadership effectiveness.
Sean Swaby
Mental Health: How to Lead Well When You Are Unwell: Part 1
Workplaces that support employee mental health are progressive. But what about the mental health of the leaders?
Sean Swaby
The Temptation of the “Quick Fix” in Leadership
Sometimes we have to look at things on a deeper, heart level and understand why people and situations are the way they are. Even why we are the way we are, and what we might need to change.
Adrian Pei