Incarnational Leadership: Be With Them
Issue #413, December 10, 2025 How does Christmas impact your leadership? The coming of Jesus as a baby changes everything and reshapes the way we lead. Theologians describe the coming of Jesus as the incarnation which means that God stepped into human life. He entered our world, our struggles and our experiences. Matthew describes what […]
#388 Incarnational Leadership-Being With
December 11, 2024 One of the profound mysteries of the Christian faith is that God came to be with us in the person of Jesus! One of the many names of Jesus is Emmanuel which means “God with us.” (See Mt. 1:23). Theologians call this the incarnation which means that in Jesus the divine spirit […]
#340 Joseph, Serving with Silence
December 14, 2022 This Christmas season believers all over the world reflect on the amazing story of God entering our world as baby. It is a story filled with angels, dreams, miracles, and awe. At the center of the story we find Joseph and Mary on a journey to Bethlehem, finding a stable in which […]
Christmas: Servant Leaders Bow in Worship
Issue #197, December 21, 2016 A scripture verse usually inspires my thoughts on leadership. But this Christmas it was a picture that captured my attention. We often hear the story of the biblical Kings who came to worship. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down […]
A Couple of Servant Leaders: Mary and Joseph – Part 2
Issue #171, December 23, 2015 This Christmas we are looking at Mary and Joseph, both great servant leaders and together one of the most influential couples in history. In this issue we’ll turn our attention to Mary, the better known of the two and the one often mentioned first. In Luke 1:26-56 the story of […]
A Couple of Servant Leaders: Mary and Joseph
Issue #170, December 9, 2015 As we enter the Christmas season let’s look at one of the most influential couples in history, Mary and Joseph. Both were great servant leaders and as a couple they were powerfully used of God to shape our world. In this issue, we’ll look at Joseph and how he led […]
Christmas Greetings
Issue #145, December 24, 2014 Greetings to each of you at the end of this year, In this issue I simply want to convey to you my hope that you and those you serve will experience in a fresh way the impact of Christ’s birth during this Christmas season. The world’s greatest leader was God’s […]
Wise Men Still Seek Him
Issue #46, December 15, 2010 Around the world Christians are again celebrating the birth of Jesus with special programs, giving of gifts and special foods. Leaders influence the focus of these celebrations and servant leaders can learn timeless truths by reflecting on the account of the visit of the Wise Men recorded by Matthew in […]