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A number of years ago while still in seminary, a friend and I were having a conversation. As a reflection on what was said, my friend quoted Jesus. He said, “Like Jesus said, ‘wise as serpents and innocent as doves.’” That

What kind of emotions or feelings or thoughts come to mind when you think of a leader and their relationship to those who follow them? Anger, disappointment, frustration, satisfaction, pride, or maybe even love? Leadership is a relationship. It is

Leadership and Fear What are you afraid of? Criticism? Failure? Success? Losing face? Are you afraid of burning some political capital on the wrong thing or trying to push something new and then not going well? Are you afraid that

Many if not most of the pastors I meet have a huge goal. Their aspirations are not to be rich or famous or anything temporal. They want to make an eternal difference in people’s lives. They want to bring people

So, if you read last week’s blog, leadership is not about control. GREAT! You might say. “I don’t want to be a controlling leader anyway! (I’m allergic to responsibility and I don’t like getting blamed!) What a relief!” Careful. The

It’s a myth. You are not in control. Even if you are the leader. You are not in control. You may think that you are in control. At times you may get the impression that you are in control. But

Earlier this week I retweeted Thom Rainer who was promoting a Christianity Today article by Carl Vaters entitled “5 Lies Pastors are Tempted to Tell – And How to Resist Them.” When I retweeted it I said, “True – what’s worse

What’s that “X-Factor” that really makes the difference in a leader? What do we often list as the necessary qualifications? We often look for the smart person with the degrees. But you only get those if you measure up. In