February 23, 2012

Out of Control

Recently, I was at an early morning gathering of brothers who are trying to live out what we say we believe.  The topic of conversation was “control” and how we (as men especially) struggle with control in our lives.  I discovered that when I think I’m out of control, God seems to be [Read more...]

Intentionally Unintentional

Have you ever noticed that those who help you the most in life are those who never really intend to help you?  In fact, those helpful souls are rarely even aware of their helpfulness to you even when they are in the very act of helping.  I find that to be interesting and relevant to being a ministry leader or leader in general.  If you have [Read more...]

Just Say “No”!

How does saying “no” effect your leadership ability?

We who are “servant-hearted” leaders have a hard time saying “no” to demands of others.  We truly want to help and know that God has gifted us to help others.  Yet, we wind up unintentionally over-committing ourselves [Read more...]

Love in Leadership

 

Love is the most difficult word to define in the English language.  Mostly because it has almost as many different meanings as there are people who use the word. [Read more...]

A Parable

Once upon a time an eagle’s egg rolled out of a hole in the nest. It rolled gently down the mountain trail arriving safely in the farmyard below.  As it turned out a hen passing by saw it and assuming it was a chicken egg, rolled it to her nest where she proceeded to hatch it. [Read more...]