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The Leader and Emotion: Peace
February 6, 2019
We have looked a David’s life to reflect on all kinds of emotions including joy, sorrow, fear, anger, guilt and vengeance. We’ll conclude our reflections on emotion with peace…a pleasant place to finish! 1Truly my soul finds…
The Leader and Emotion: Vengeance
January 23, 2019
When someone has opposed your leadership, have you ever wished you could just hit them in the face? Or, knowing that action doesn’t sound very Christian, did you wish God would do the same? Every leader has moments…
The Leader and Emotion: Anxiety
January 9, 2019
What will happen to me tomorrow? Will I be able to pay the bills? Can I overcome the obstacles I am facing? What if I lose my job? Every leader deals with questions like these about the future.…
The Leader and Emotion: Confusion
December 12, 2018
Issue #247, December 12, 2018 Can a great leader be confused? Leaders usually act with confidence and seem to know the direction to go. But all of us have faced situations in which the way forward was not…
The Leader and Emotion: Fear
November 28, 2018
We all face situations that bring fear. Fear can be a very natural response to a situation that presents danger or harm to us. Our bodies react instinctively either to flee or fight. David also experienced fear. 1…
The Leader and Emotion: Guilt
November 14, 2018
Leaders fail! Paul’s declaration that “All have sinned….” (Romans 3:23) certainly includes leaders. And sin produces the emotion of guilt which is not a pleasant feeling! David experienced guilt after committing adultery with Bathsheba. His sin was more…
The Leader and Emotion: Gratitude
October 31, 2018
Emotions are often spontaneous and unplanned reactions to the circumstances of life. David seems to have experienced them all. David also experienced gratitude, an emotion that can be chosen and cultivated by all leaders. Shout for joy to…
The Leader and Emotion: Betrayal
October 17, 2018
Betrayal is a common experience in leadership which stirs up many emotions. Betrayal happens when a person close to us violates our trust. Betrayal itself is an action, not an emotion. But it often catches a leader by…
The Leader and Emotion: Loneliness
October 3, 2018
With our entire world connected by social media it seems that none of us should be lonely. But the United Kingdom recently appointed a “minister of loneliness” to deal with the increased social and health issues associated with…
The Leader and Emotion: Depression
September 19, 2018
Can a servant leader experience depression? Consider David’s writing in Psalm 88. “LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. 2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear…
The Leader and Emotion: Sorrow
September 5, 2018
From joy to sorrow, all leaders experience a broad range of emotions. Often they are mixed together as they were for David in Psalm 31. In the first verses he expresses his joy in God’s love but then…
The Leader and Emotion: Joy
August 22, 2018
David experienced much pain and difficulty in his life, but he also experienced deep and sustaining joy, some of which he expressed in Psalm 33. 1 Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright…