A Broken Leader

  Leadership can be one of the most rewarding and fulfilling activities. It can also be incredibly frustrating and discouraging. The leader feels tremendous pressure to lead and when the followers don’t follow, it take a lot of extra work to get them back on track. Joshua and the people of Israel are coming off…

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Stages Of The Journey

Sometimes when I reflect back on my life’s journey I see different stages of my life. The things that I was working through in each of those stages look so different from this stage of my life than they did at the time I was in that particular stage. For example, when my first son…

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Leadership Succession

Sometimes when everything rises and falls upon a particular leader the entire organization can possibly be at risk. Some leaders are “larger than life” in their organization. In some organizations the leader is the founder, CEO, President – he is large and in charge because after all, this was his baby. Moses, the man who…

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Shared Leadership

I’ve grown up under leadership from all sorts of people. I remember my home church had two elders for a long time then at some point added a third. The Elders were given the spiritual oversight of the church. The Preacher/Pastor shared a lot of leadership responsibility with the Elders. The Deacons were also part…

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Chain Of Command

There is always a chain of command. Every company and organization has one. It is often written down and followed carefully. There always has to be a leader who can make the tough decisions. A chain of command doesn’t mean the leader is the only one who can make a decision – it really means…

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My Leader

I’ve had the privilege of leading others pretty recent as well as for many years. In my first “career” I was a student pastor. I had the chance to lead a lot of students. I pointed them to The Lord Who is my Leader. I am humbled when I reflect on my journey and just…

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