Developing, Discipleship, Leadership, Prioritizing, Teambuilding
Admittedly, there is a tension between tasks and callings. If you have people you are overseeing, you likely do have certain tasks you need to get accomplished. They also likely have their own callings that dovetail with yours in some ways but not in others. Often...
Coaching, Discipleship, Leadership, Teambuilding
If you are leading a ministry or a ministry area within a larger organization, you likely have people you oversee. These people may be paid staff or they may be volunteers, but either way it’s a useful exercise to sit down and think through how to lead these people...
Discipleship, Group Life, Leadership
Every group has norms, whether they are stated or unstated, examined or unexamined. If you are overseeing small groups in your ministry, I would suggest there are significant advantages to be had by stating, examining, processing, and reinforcing small groups...
Leadership, Uncategorized
Do you want to be right or do you want to be effective? That is a critical choice for many of us as ministry leaders. Being right ≠ being effective When I find myself in this position, a question I ask myself is this: “What do I gain by insisting on being right?...