Pastoral leaders often overfunction administratively, paying attention to all the details of the worship service…
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Last week I talked about the ways we work too hard and take too much…
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This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for church leaders. Leadership is vital, and rarely easy. I’m thankful…
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I keep hearing stories of leaders who leave and later discover that people have undone…
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I’ve been watching some episodes on DVD of the Vicar of Dibley, the hilarious BBC…
Continue ReadingAre You Yourself as a Leader?
Are you yourself in your leadership role? It’s true, as I said in my last…
Continue ReadingAre You Lonely in Your Leadership?
As the leader of a congregation, I remember heading home after meetings feeling like I…
Continue ReadingWhat Promotes Better Leadership?
How many leadership books have you read? I’ve read countless. How many seminars have you…
Continue ReadingWhat Do You Think About Leadership?
Could you sum up your thoughts on leadership? I was asked to do that this…
Continue ReadingHow Do You Keep Your Footing?
Last weekend my colleague Elaine Boomer and I went to Grand Lake, Colorado near Rocky…
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