Leadership

A church I'm familiar with closed its doors, recently, due to low attendance numbers. Lacking sufficient volunteers and income, they were forced to call it quits. I visited the final service. The message for the morning was presented from...

In the prior post I asked the question of whether growth is a proper measure of a ministry. Some say yes, because the kingdom of God should be ever expanding. Others object. They measure ministry by how faithful its...

Trigger warning: Boring post to come. Readers vulnerable to snoozing may wish to simply skip it. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay (The prior post, Part 4 is here: "The Heart of Leadership and Wise Counsel.") In the present...

Part 3 from last week: The Heart of Road Work, is here Image by Steve Watts from Pixabay Leadership: My wife Sharon and I share a common affinity for serving as second-in-command. Neither of us enjoy being the main...

The life I lead is not necessarily fascinating. So why share with you what I'm "working on"? Well, just to keep the conversation going. To keep the ideas flowing. To pass on what I'm learning. First thing of note...

The prior post on "The Heart of Your Calling" is here. I've spent the last eleven years (of 40) as an itinerate evangelist/apologist (and evangelism trainer) to campuses around the country. Here are two observations from my time on...

(Part 1, "The Heart of the Minister," is here.) Photo by Edurne Tx on Unsplash Finding your niche inside your chosen field shouldn't be that hard, but it often is. My colleague Paul Tokunaga serves as a leadership coach....

I began my career with InterVarsity in 1981. I'd like to share some personal and ministry observations from a 40-year viewpoint. Photo by Jon Flobrant on Unsplash A few years ago a college student accused me of lacking in...

In the last post I mentioned my decision to slow down and place rest ahead of work. Here are three things I learned: 1. You can’t rush rest. It takes a long time. 2. For me, the backlog of...

Part 1 is here. Due to covid confinement this past year, I stayed at home, worked alone . . . overdosed on Zoom calls. It was an unwelcome slow-down. One of the blessings, however, was that I was forced...