The Happiest Life
What is so important to you that if you go days without doing it you start feeling depressed? For some people it’s earning money, having…
Tag: Leadership
Praying for Clarity From God?
I had a conversation a number of years ago with my good friend Bucky Dennis. We were taking a prayer walk together and I was…
Leading from Liminal Space
Often in our leadership roles we’re impatient to act. But to be a good pastor requires waiting to move forward on plans until you hear…
A Christ-Centered Board of Directors
Today it’s common for cultural leadership models and motives to overtake our Christian churches and organizations so that the way we do what we do…
Do Nothing. Don’t Try to Make Anything Happen.
Last week I was in Mexico leading a retreat and providing counseling for a leadership group of pastors. During our time of extended solitude with…
My VIM Plan for Teaching Like Jesus
TLC1: VIM Plan Years ago God gave me a corrective word about my teaching and preaching ministry: “Less is more.” I was inspired to begin…
Lead like Jesus: Be a Spiritual Leader
Where are the spiritual leaders in our churches, Christian organizations, and families? In your leadership role as a pastor, elder, counselor, group leader, supervisor, or parent…
Leap Over a Wall — With Jesus!
God gave David victory over Saul and all of his enemies and David sang in praise to the Lord, “With my God I can leap…
The Winning Shot
When I was boy I spent countless hours shooting baskets in my backyard. I liked to imagine that my team was behind by one point…
Dynamic Leadership for Christ
The Apostle Paul was routinely criticized as being a boring speaker, especially compared to Apollos, and a second rate Apostle because he wasn’t part of…