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The Three Colors of Leadership
God uses “special” people. Jacob was a cheater; Peter had a temper; David had an affair; Noah got drunk; Jonah ran from God; Paul was a murderer; Gideon was insecure; Miriam was a gossiper; Martha was a worrier; Thomas was a doubter; Sara was impatient; Elijah was...
A story of cross-cultural church planting
I love finding stories of church planting the mainstream media. A friend in Denver sent me this story from the Denver Post. A Methodist Church in Westminster, Colorado began sponsoring Cuban refugees in 1962. The reverend and his family led the way by example,...
A theology of mañana
An associate of mine who serves in a challenging area of Mexico City has developed what he calls “a theology of mañana.” It basically means that—in the midst of all the crazy ups and downs and unforeseens that can happen in ministry—we believe that God is in control....
What frustrates you about discipleship efforts?
I ran a poll recently in a webinar asking people what issues were blocking them in their discipleship efforts. I asked people to check as many as applied, so the percentages below don’t total 100%, but represent the percentage of responders who struggle with each of...
Love poems to God
Love this poem. From the collection Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God I believe in all that has never yet been spoken By Rainer Maria Rilke I believe in all that has never yet been spoken. I want to free what waits within me so that what no one has dared to...
Triage plan
When disaster strikes, the first responders begin with triage. They assess the situation and determine where to start, what needs to be done, and what order to do it in. When you come into a room full of wounded people, you have a choice. Do you start with the one who...
New construction or renovation?
Building a new house is a lot of work. You need to dig a hole, lay the foundation, construct the frame, then there’s roofing and drywall and windows and paint. There are a lot of steps and stages. Yet in many ways, new construction is a lot easier and more...
What I learned in Sunday school this week
A friend of mine asked her daughter what she learned in Sunday school this week. Here’s the response she got: “Well, we heard a story about this guy who wanted to be Jesus’ disciple and Jesus said, ‘Go give away all your money and everything you own and then you can...
The key to leadership development…
… is knowing what you’re trying to accomplish. If you want to develop leaders—and know that you’re being successful in that endeavor—you need to get more concrete and specific about what you’re aiming for. What does a leader look like? How do you know if you have one?...
The dynamics of effective leaders
I recently had lunch with a former student of mine who is currently a church planting leader with the Vineyard in Norway. He also works as a business consultant. He mentioned that a major study some years back had been done jointly by BI Norwegian Business School...
Walk before you run
Here’s something I’ve learned: When you’re doing coach training, don’t try to train them in an application area (e.g. coaching for church planting, coaching for discipling) at the same time you’re training them in basic coaching skills. If you try to have people...
Anger management
Recently I’ve started teaching a class on anger management for teenage moms at a local high school. Parenting is hard enough even when you have all you need. Doing it under less than ideal circumstances is even more challenging. There are some young women taking...