Leaders Who Flatter Fall Flat Psalm 12:3 Psalm 12 is not a reflective psalm written from a quiet place.It comes from a moment when David felt surrounded—by voices he could not trust. He describes a culture where truth had thinned out. Faithful people were disappearing. Words sounded polished, but motives were not. What hurt most […]
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Hi Friends, It’s been some time since I last posted (lots of reasons), but I’m back. I plan to post weekly. This morning in my devotional time I read Psalms 7 which really spoke to me about self-assessment and leadership and its value. So, here you go:) When God Does a Leadership Assessment Psalm 7:9
Great leaders are great communicators. Communication certainly includes making a great speech, or for pastors, delivering a compelling sermon. That kind of communication is important, but it’s less so than communicating well one-on-one. I recently finished reading neuroscientist Andrew Newberg’s book, Words Can Change your Brain. His book suggests 12 key neuroscience based communication practices. I’ve included nine here with
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In Judson Edward’s book, The Leadership Labyrinth, he describes 21 paradoxes in ministry. He defines the ‘relationship paradox’ in this way: the people who like you the most will be the ones you try least to please. He then writes that these three kinds of people fill every church. His insights are quite helpful. The energizers: their very
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One of the best books I’ver every read on leadership is A Failure of Nerve by Edwin H. Friedman. It’s a challenging read, but well worth it. The author was a Jewish counselor who wrote extensively on a counseling philosophy called Bowen Family Systems. The more I read about this way of looking at church leadership through ’systems’
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