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Are you working “on” your ministry as well as “in” it? My colleague, Vern Sanders,…
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I’ll be in Oak Ridge, Tennessee February 20-22 for a Leading with Creative Courage workshop,…
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Are you in the middle of your annual stewardship campaign? Are you having a good…
Continue ReadingFourteen things one minister believes about leadership
Jake Morrill, minister of Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church (Tennessee), put an interesting post on…
Continue ReadingDon’t let e-mail get in the way of your real work
Are you behind on e-mail? Is it keeping you from the really important work? Here…
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I’m a fast reader and tend to swallow books whole. But I like to have…
Continue ReadingKeeping the memory fresh and the record accurate
After my last post about Winston Churchill, I got an e-mail from David Freeman, Ph.D.,…
Continue ReadingTen ways for church leaders to lead like Winston Churchill
Are you facing some difficulties at church lately? Whether your challenges are internal or external,…
Continue ReadingGetting more neutral about politics
I came across a fascinating blog post by Jenny Brown, author of the great book,…
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