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.
According to the traditional church calendar, today is known as Epiphany. Epiphany marks the end of the Christmas season. I love Epiphany. Epiphany comes on the heels of the New Year and offers the same invitations to something new. Epiphany ...
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 ...
“When we make a place for silence, we make room for ourselves. By making room for silence, we resist the forces of the world which tell us to live an advertised life of surface appearances, instead of a discovered life – a life lived in contact with our senses, our feelings, our deepest thoughts and ...
“Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don’t be impressed with yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.” Gal. 6:4-5 (MSG) Did you know Twitter ...
“What you’re after is truth from the inside out. Enter me, then; conceive a new, true life.” Psalm 51:6 There has been a huge interest and surge in the last several years in self-awareness assessments. No doubt many of us have taken those assessments such as the Myers-Briggs, DISC inventory, Strengths Finder, Enneagram, etc. and ...
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” (Psalm 34:18 In my last post, I wrote about the “why” of the Christian life: God, by His Spirit, who is transforming our lives, making us more like Jesus. This is a “big theological rock” that should inform our days…especially in times of ...
And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you. Eph. 4:24 Simon Sinek is a leadership expert and author of multiple leadership best-sellers. It all started with his hugely popular 2009 book, Start With Why, ...
“And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you” (Eph. 4:24, MSG). A God-Fashioned Life We pick up from yesterday… Salvation is God’s gift and action from beginning to end. Our salvation ...
“And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you” (Eph. 4:24, MSG). I want to pick up where my thoughts left off on Day 6, “God is in Control,” which centered around ...
“By faith in Christ you are in direct relationship with God.” Galatians 3:24 I heard it again this week, and it made me cringe. I think it’s a Christian cop-out. Over coffee with a friend, we discussed the failing state of the economy and, in particular, its impact on our own personal financial situations. Then ...
Sabbath is the only commandment we brag about breaking. (Author unknown.) Today is the first Sunday of Lent. Lent is traditionally considered 40 days long, even though the time between Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday is actually 47. This is because Sundays are not considered to be part of Lent. Sundays are always considered feast ...
“What you’re after is truth from the inside out. Enter me, then; conceive a new, true life.” (Psm. 51:6) We are just a little way into Lent. I am surprised how quickly my resolve to live differently dissolves into my old and familiar patterns of living. Humph. I thought I was stronger, more capable than ...
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