So over the years I’ve developed these 5 vacation rules that, if observed, make shutting off all the devices and truly taking a break easier. The first three help you prepare before you take a vacation. The final two work any time—even in the middle of a vacation that’s challenging you.
Here are five ways to lead with truth and grace within your church.
The changes a leader brings about in an organization ensure that when life moves on, it doesn’t move past you and the people you lead. So how you do address opponents and dissenters who argue that the changes you’re making have ensured “it will never be the same again”? Here are five things that have helped me lead change:
As leaders, we're caught up in constant comparison and feel inadequate if we’re not moving toward the "next stage." You may dream of leading a big organization, but your wiring keeps pulling you back to a small one. So … what are you? A relational leader or an organizational leader?
Truthfully, there are important things in leadership that all of us miss. One of the toughest challenges for those of us who lead is that every leader develops blind spots. You just don’t see things that are there. All of us miss things that are clear to any other person, but not to us.
The biggest casualty of the daily grind is the important things. The things that will drive your life and organization forward. The thing that will fuel your mission, move you to another level and the thing that will inevitably give you the deepest satisfaction.
If you don’t take the Sabbath, the Sabbath will take you.
Who is responsible for your spiritual growth?
If you’re like me, you get a lot of ideas and even a few dreams. But how do you if any of your ideas and dreams are actually from God?
I’m having a hard time with priorities lately.
It’s easy for our lives to get consumed with doing, not with being.
In the process of wanting to be big, we can sacrifice people, we can sacrifice faithfulness, we can sacrifice our souls.
Something is going to define your life and mine.
How many Gideons are there right now?
Many leaders don’t realize that drivenness can easily slide into toxic productivity.
There are nuances to each, which is why it's best if you look inside and wonder if you’ve been guilty of some of them, too.
Like most churches and organizations today, you’re online. And you’re hoping your online presence helps you further your mission.
If you get your assumptions right as a church leader, the future should be a lot easier than if you get them wrong.
As the pace of change accelerates and the chaos continues, it’s hard to know what tomorrow holds, let alone the future.
True friendships don’t depend on your leadership. They depend on the relationship.
