Learning the ways of the world will come easy. Author Richard Blackaby, however, shares the importance of reorienting ourselves to the ways of God.
Before you cancel your church membership, would you look at the following seven considerations?
Trust: the elusive relational equity everyone longs for but struggles to know how to build.
What does it look like to act in the opposite spirit?
I believe these traits can be exhibited by all leaders (me included) if we do not keep our hearts and minds guarded in Jesus.
Unemployment is seldom easy. In fact, for a working follower of Jesus Christ, it can present not only fiscal crisis, but spiritual crisis as well.
Who is responsible for your spiritual growth?
We work long hours. It is draining work. How can the busy pastor carry out the work of caring for others well?
Paul’s exhortation to the elders of the Church of Ephesus in Acts 20:28 have profound implications for pastoral ministry and spiritual leadership in the church. He urged them to “pay careful attention to yourselves.”
God reveals three primary pointers on the road to discerning our calling: our passions, our giftings, and our opportunities.
“For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you" (Matthew 17:20).
An important principle of leading effectively in the 21st century is leading the right people.
As you work toward becoming a more compassionate leader, keep the following thoughts in mind.
Pastors don’t like to admit it, but many harbor fears. This is particularly true of those who serve alone — solo pastors.
We learn better through story. When we feel the tug of suspense, when we immerse ourselves in a different world, we get in a different frame of mind.
In a world that has attached a strange nobility to the notion of being busy, effective leaders stand out by avoiding the “I’m so busy” trap.
It is not uncommon for people to use the words mission and vision interchangeably. However, they do not mean the same thing.
How can we find the rest we all so desperately long for?
Leading any type of organization is hard enough in itself — but leading an organization well without a clear and compelling mission and vision is downright impossible.
Let me help you think through your weaknesses by giving you a list of my own top 3. This is going to be somewhat embarrassing for me.
