Change in Churches – What is Healthy?
There is a fine line we walk when we talk about change. The line is between relevance to a lost and dying world and being pleasing to the God who has made us our own. When people try to swing too hard in either direction the results are often disastrous. Those who seek to please […]
Identifying the Ripening Issues in the Church of Christ
One of Ronald Heiftetz’s principles of leadership in his book Leadership Without Easy Answers is to direct attention to ripening issues over distractions. These are issues that can make our break an organization or industry and must be identified and addressed in order to adapt with what is coming down the pipe. To ignore them […]
Ronald Heifetz’s 5 Principles of Leadership
I have a bunch of stuff running around in my head that I want to get to on the blog (Gospel of John, Revelation, Acts, Holy Spirit, etc). Here is another one to add to the pile. I found these five principles really helpful and I want to take a few posts to talk about […]
Christian Leadership (1)
I just wrapped up Ronald Heifetz’s book Leadership Without Easy Answers. It was an excellent read and has a tremendous amount of application to Christian leadership. When I get a moment I am going to share some thoughts on this book and give some implications for ministry and Christian/spiritual leadership. In the mean time, what […]