leadership
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Locating God’s Presence this Past Year (End of Year Examen).
Locating God’s presence this past year. (The Grand Prayer of Examen) Look Back – Look over the past 6 – 12 months. – Where has the Lord been present and at work in my life? – What significant changes have come my way? – When have I been the most stressed? the most blessed, and…
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Who is My Shepherd?
Disclaimer: My thoughts are all over the place. They are like birds flying everywhere. đ I’ve been processing a moral failure of a long time mega church pastor and watching the church fall apart. This man was a mentor to me from a far in many ways. It was because of him and his wife’s…
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Do Leaders Need to Repent?
Do leaders need to repent …or can they sweep things under the carpet? When leaders fail to repent for idolatry and do not make heart change, not only do they cut off blessing in their own lives, but also in the lives of the people that they lead. When a leader walks in idolatry (bowing…
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When They Don’t Change?
What do you do when a person in your life doesn’t change…? What if it’s your leadership, your employee, a friend, a client, a date, etc…? Here’s a great refresh from a message I heard long ago and again from a book I read a year ago. Thankfully, there are things you can do before…
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Character of Leaders?
I was pondering the C’s of leadership lately as many of us have been disappointed in leaders lacking the character to walk faithfully and courageously. Some people say that a leader should have character, charisma, commitment, courage, competence… But, have you ever noticed how God seems to never look for people with outstanding character to call them…
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How do we approach truth?
Just read this today and my heart leapt…! Jesus calls himself âthe truthâ (John 14:6), and the Holy Spirit, âthe Spirit of truthâ (John 14:7; 16:13). Any time we are not living from Jesusâ perspective, the foundation of truth, we are in some way connected to the father of lies, the devil. When we experience…
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What is the true job of a pastor?
The other day I had a delightful call with a young leader who brought up the topic of how a Pastor’s role appears to have terribly wandered today. I did a little digging on what others are saying… “Most books on church growth and leadership today argue that if pastors continue to do what pastors…
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‘Doing’ Church – âWe make victims of our heroes.â
“Doing” Church in North America –Â âWe make victims of our heroes.â Graham Cooke brilliantly describes how “doing” church today must start with leaders who can model freedom. He goes onto say that church revolves around 3 types of people: Initiators, Enablers and Resisters. He skillfully describes if that if we have any hopes of accomplishing…
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What should women do?
“Just imagine what would happen to this church if all the women left.” The looks on the men’s faces turned from indifference to shock and horror. They realized that the vast majority of the ‘hands on’ ministering was happening because of women. The women were faithful and valuable to building God’s kingdom! Jesus has tons of things to say…
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When Men are Silent
What happens when men keep silent…? (I wrote a post recently… When We Silence Women …but let us also highlight the value of men’s voices…) We need to hear both voices of men and women, not spoken in fleshly anger, but in bold Spirit-led risk-taking obedience… Dr Larry Crabb reminds us of the value of men’s voices… I always…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 