Tuesday, September 29, 2009

What Is Man

Relying Upon the Holy Spirit

John 16:5-15

There Am I With Them

In It to Win It

Acts 20:24

The Sun Shines on Everyone

…And all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number… shall not come into the land.

Learn to Listen and You Might Be Surprised By What You Hear

Recently, when consulting with a megachurch leadership team, I was reminded of how important listening skills are for pastors and ministers to really connect with the people they are ministering to.

Can you find joy in the success of another leader?

Nothing tests a leader more than to realize that God is going to elevate someone on their team to a higher position in the organizational chart or that God is going to move them down in the organizational chart. Read 1 Samuel 18:1 and chapter 20 and 23:15-18. Normally a king’s son would do everything [...]

Are People More Creative or Productive Working without Limits?

No. Absolutely not. Boundaries matter.

Managing Transitions

Leading change is one of the most difficult and important tasks of leadership. Yet it is something God calls each of his leaders to do. God came to Moses and told him they he and Israel had been going around the same mountain long enough and that it was time to "break camp and advance" into their future (see Deut.1:6-7)[...]

Rotten on the Inside

"I've come to see institutional decline like a disease: harder to detect but easier to cure in the early stages; easier to detect but harder to cure in the later stages.