Leadership Archive

  • The Cross Mark 15:30 – Save yourself and come down fro the Cross. The cross is at the heart of the Gospel. Without the cross there is no atonement and...

    The Cross

    The Cross Mark 15:30 – Save yourself and come down fro the Cross. The cross is at the heart of the Gospel. Without the cross there is no atonement and...

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  • Text: I Thess 2:1 You know brothers and sisters that our visit to you was not without results. The final test of God’s working through someone is whether there are...

    Thessalonians Meditation 6

    Text: I Thess 2:1 You know brothers and sisters that our visit to you was not without results. The final test of God’s working through someone is whether there are...

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  • John 9:3 – Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” Jesus said, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him that the works of...

    Opportunity in Calamity

    John 9:3 – Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” Jesus said, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him that the works of...

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  • I am finding that many ministry models are getting tired feeling. Some are getting reinvigorated. But most of our church cultures need tweaked or modified or in many cases re-done...

    New Ministry Models

    I am finding that many ministry models are getting tired feeling. Some are getting reinvigorated. But most of our church cultures need tweaked or modified or in many cases re-done...

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  • Flight: Chapter One. Hound of Heaven Prevenient Grace is a building block in my view of salvation. Prevenient grace is the working of grace before you become a Christian. It...

    Chapter One – New Book Flight

    Flight: Chapter One. Hound of Heaven Prevenient Grace is a building block in my view of salvation. Prevenient grace is the working of grace before you become a Christian. It...

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  • I have just published a short and free e-book on Communicating with Post-moderns. One of the versions is screen-readable and the other is printable. I look forward to your feedback.

    Communicating with Post-moderns (New E-book)

    I have just published a short and free e-book on Communicating with Post-moderns. One of the versions is screen-readable and the other is printable. I look forward to your feedback.

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  • Human beings are most alive when living in the unknown, for it’s in this place where anything and everything is possible.

    Unknown

    Human beings are most alive when living in the unknown, for it’s in this place where anything and everything is possible.

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  • One of the traits I have noted in great leaders is they know how to let things lie. They patiently remain inactive. Even when people are panicky and critical around...

    Don’t pull up the carrots

    One of the traits I have noted in great leaders is they know how to let things lie. They patiently remain inactive. Even when people are panicky and critical around...

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  • Fall is nearly here. I have one more week of vacation time left. I have been spending a lot of time with my wife this summer just hanging out. Resting...

    Starting a New Season

    Fall is nearly here. I have one more week of vacation time left. I have been spending a lot of time with my wife this summer just hanging out. Resting...

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  • These are tough times.  I personally believe when there is financial crisis in the U.S. there is a downturn in the spiritual and emotive energies of people. It doesn’t appear...

    Recipes for Tough Times

    These are tough times.  I personally believe when there is financial crisis in the U.S. there is a downturn in the spiritual and emotive energies of people. It doesn’t appear...

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  • I hear a lot about passion. I like it. I think it’s very beneficial. But it speaks of raw emotion to me. I wonder how long before passion runs out....

    Desperate Life

    I hear a lot about passion. I like it. I think it’s very beneficial. But it speaks of raw emotion to me. I wonder how long before passion runs out....

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  • I believe in self-assessment. In fact I think it should be a regular part of life for someone committed to being effective with the life God has given. There is...

    Change for effectiveness

    I believe in self-assessment. In fact I think it should be a regular part of life for someone committed to being effective with the life God has given. There is...

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  • I think every leader needs three things. Sometimes they can abide in a single person. They rarely do. A good leader is made of the people she surrounds herself with....

    Editors and Other Critics

    I think every leader needs three things. Sometimes they can abide in a single person. They rarely do. A good leader is made of the people she surrounds herself with....

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  • Did you just ever have to drop out of sight for awhile? I have had one of those seasons here the last few weeks. I have been having to lead...

    Back Again

    Did you just ever have to drop out of sight for awhile? I have had one of those seasons here the last few weeks. I have been having to lead...

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  • One of my repeated stopping points is chapter eleven of the Gospel of John. If you don’t remember, it’s the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. It is...

    The Gift of Confusion

    One of my repeated stopping points is chapter eleven of the Gospel of John. If you don’t remember, it’s the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. It is...

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