What is truth? It's a vital question because truth is foundational for our faith, our lives, our small groups, and our churches. But I want to approach the question, “What is truth?” by asking it another way: What isn’t truth? Truth is not my...
Tag: leadership principles
Curriculum, Facilitating Discussion, Training SG Leaders
Is Your Group Bible Study Biblical? Important Questions
How do you make sure the group Bible study you are leading is—well, biblical? How can you assure, as much as possible, your group discussion goes in the direction of biblical truth?
Church Leadership, Leader's Heart-Overflow, Small Group Leaders, Spiritual Life
All Leaders and Teams Would Benefit from Leading from the Heart
People still ask me questions about my book, Leading from the Heart, which I wrote 20 years ago. The subtitle, "A small group leader's guide to a passionate ministry," defines my original intended audience, small group leaders, plus the coaches...
Church Leadership
THE PANDEMIC’S LEADERSHIP LESSONS
Great leaders have a blend of humility—they know that they don’t know everything—and a curiosity to discover answers. They are constantly learning from a variety of sources, beginning with God’s Word, but also through books, mentors, failures, crises, and personal...
Church Leadership
MLK: ‘What Kind of Extremists Will We Be?’
“If today’s church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century. Every day...
Church Leadership
Every Decision Point Is an Opportunity to Grow (and a Possibility for Pain)
Why do some churches grow and multiply, some plateau, and others decline? It’s a question I’ve considered for a long time, and my experience as well as everything I read and study and all the people I talk to reinforce...
Leader's Heart-Overflow
Step #1 in Becoming a Great Leader: Gut-Level Honesty
The World’s Greatest Small Group Leader is a perfect model for us. Jesus’ priority was his relationship with his Father. He said and did and taught nothing on his own, but only what his Father gave him. Henri Nouwen once...
Leader's Heart-Overflow, Ministry Leaders
Leadership: An Extraordinary Lesson from George H.W. Bush
The last five days have provided a rich lesson on leadership. Almost immediately after the passing of George H.W. Bush on Friday, November 30, I started noticing the words being used by people who knew him best to describe him....
Leader's Heart-Overflow, Spiritual Life
Leadership: Helping People Become Who God Created Them to Be
God wants us to realize that we are works of art in progress, and we, as leaders—church leaders, small group leaders, teachers, parents, etc.—can envision others with this truth. I am fortunate that several people in my life took the...
TIPS
Leadership TIPS of the Week: April 23-27, 2018
Whether you lead a church, small group, class, ministry, business, work team, or family, these Leadership TIPS are written to help you lead in more godly, effectively, fruit-bearing, overflowing ways. We post them each day, Monday through Friday, on Twitter, Facebook,...