Category: Leadership
All There: How Attentiveness Shapes Authentic Leadership
All There: How Attentiveness Shapes Authentic Leadership is written for ministry leaders…but whatever your context you will still discover it means to stay attentive to God’s invitations into a life not of our own making but into wholeness and the festivities of God’s kingdom purposes.
Leading From a Healthy Soul…and Why It Matters – Part 1
There is a part of you that no one sees; not even you. But it is real and it matters. I was raised in a non-religious home with no underpinnings of the things or reality of God. Somewhere, however, as a child I learned the childhood prayer, “Now I lay me down to sleep, I ...
For Those Who Lead: A Training Resource
I am excited to announce a new ministry training resource for busy leaders! There are a lots of good leadership resources out there. Yet, as a leader of leaders or manager of a team, with the normal demands of and energy, the prospect of wading through all the leadership books and strategies and compiling a ...
Leading From Our Brokenness
Yesterday I chatted with a lady new to our church. She commented that when she was on the leadership team at her previous church, it was difficult to continually “stay strong,” to always “have it all together,” and to always remain upbeat. I have a hunch it was also exhausting. “I probably lead from a ...
A Leadership Crisis: Losing Your Soul for the Sake of the World
As well intentioned Christians and ministry leaders, many of us have bought into the idea, that if our work produces ‘fruit’ then it must be God’s will, no matter what it costs us and our families. Too often the seduction of public fruit causes us to offer up our body, our health and our souls ...
“NET” Talk at on the With-God Life
This week I had the privilege and honor to speak at the Northwest Ministry Annual Conference. It was a "TED Talk" format so I had exactly 5 minutes to speak. The theme was "With Jesus." (Right up my alley!) Here is the transcript from my talk: After 25 years of full-time ministry there came a ...
Gail Johnsen 