As leaders, we are in the business of raising new leaders and even replacing ourselves. It would be easy to make the case that if you are not preparing someone else to take your place and/or outpace your abilities, then you are not truly leading people. Often, the desire to stay in the position of […]
The church consists of people from the various generations that make up our current culture. I joked on Twitter that my generation is remaining quietly in the background… at least, for the moment. My generation
Somewhere along the way, someone designated the second Sunday of October as “Clergy Appreciation Day.” Eventually, it became known as “Pastor Appreciation Day.” Now, in some places you’ll read about all of October being observed
The work of the minister, pastor, elder, and/or church leader is to equip the church as a whole and believers individually for God’s work in the world. But how do the equippers get equipped? On
No. We do not like the sound of the word or the meaning it carries. It is a denial of desire, will, or entrance to something we want. The answer “no” disrupts a predetermined course.
Leadership involves not just knowledge and understanding. Leadership is about movement, and specifically the movement of people. In looking into the literature about leadership, both the teaching of the principle in theory and the demonstration
