With all the leadership teaching available today, there is no shortage of suggestions on how to improve. Yet, the scripture gives us the most important…
Continue reading → Prayer is the Key to Effective Leadership: Journey to 300~ Day 82
A healthy church has been designed by God to be committed to Him, His church, and His mission to spread the Gospel. In spite of the hardships, culture, and political atmosphere, the church in Acts thrived on this purpose. Today's church must recognize that in order to be healthy, we must commit ourselves to thriving in community together!
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)…
Continue reading → Journey to 300~ Day 19: Challenges, Friends, Weather, and Decisions
Seasonal changes that happen in Oklahoma often come with dramatic events and challenging effects. The changing seasons bring storms, drastic temperature variations, and heightened allergy…
Continue reading → 6 Keys to Pastoral Health During Challenging Seasons
Starting a new year and I have been reviewing some of my photos that I have taken over the past year. While it has been…
Principles to help guide decision concerning the church and leadership during difficult and challenging times.
https://amzn.to/2EeOJYf “The poorest of all men is not the one without a nickel to his name. He is the fellow without a dream…[He is like]…
“When a movement develops around a dominant personality,” wrote J. Oswald Sanders, “the real test of the quality of his leadership is the manner in…
Continue reading → Our Responsibility to the Next Generation Leader
More than 130 years ago, a group of twenty distinguished Americans met in the Astor House in New York City during the presidency of Millard…
Leading others is tough. Leading laterally and leading "up" is tougher still. But "self -leadership" is the toughest of them all.--Bill Hybels Self-leadership can be…
Every leader feels the need at one time or another for a tranistion to take place in their organization. Whether it is a church or…
Continue reading → Top Ten Reasons Pastors/Leaders Experience Difficulty in Transitions
Leaders must possess many traits that will assist them in their leadership position. But if you were to narrow them down to three specific traits…
We must learn common leadership principles, but power is released as we become true to our God-given personalities--Harold Myra Every leader is a unique individual!…
The need for relationship in leadership positions is often a neglected component that many leaders feel they do not have time for. The busyness of…
Today when I posted my daily proverb on twitter, I chose the scripture that says, "Without good direction, people lose thier way; the more wise counsel…