by admin | Mar 15, 2018 | Leadership
Over the years I’ve noticed that one area that many leaders (including myself) can often improve on, is the ability to take action at the right time, based upon the right amount of information. Leadership is often about setting a direction. That direction...
by admin | Mar 7, 2018 | Leadership
Ken Collier wrote, “The primary quality of a godly leader is that he follows Someone who is stronger than he is, wiser than he is, more discerning than he is, and more in control of circumstances than he is. A godly leader, whether a parent, teacher, supervisor,...
by admin | Feb 12, 2018 | Leadership, Success
The great temptation of power is control, and the great consequence of control is lack of relationship. The reason that intimacy is so difficult in ministry is you’re not in control—you’re in relationship. You have to enter a person’s life and they have to enter...
by admin | Nov 11, 2017 | Leadership
Well, the easy answer would be to say that my position was eliminated (i.e. I was laid off), and I never looked back. But the reality is, I stayed around corporate IT for a few years after that. It wasn’t until a year or two later that I began getting more...
by admin | Aug 23, 2017 | Leadership
The Scout Law A Scout Is: Trustworthy Loyal Helpful Friendly Courteous Kind Obedient Cheerful Thrifty Brave Clean Reverent Several years ago I asked my scouts which one of these words is most important. Hands flew up, “Reverent!” several shouted. I told...
by admin | Jul 13, 2017 | Leadership
“What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God, than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life.”...
