A Flourishing Culture: Vision Clarity
Issue #415, January 28, 2026 Vision, a compelling view of the future, is an essential ingredient in a culture that has energy, alignment, resilience and impact—a flourishing culture. In the last issue we examined how Jesus modeled servant leadership in ways that brought flourishing to His world. Now, we’ll shift to how He used a […]
Paul: Blaze the Trail™
Issue #395, April 2, 2025 Successful leaders maintain a laser focus on the organization’s success and ensure everyone is aligned with accomplishing the mission. This is the third action of the Serving Leader Model®, Blaze the Trail™ (*see note). This action reflects what organizations do—their mission. Faith leaders, like Paul, see their organization as a […]
Paul: Run to Great Purpose™
Issue #393, March 5, 2025 The apostle Paul is a model leader in so many ways. In this series, we’ll examine how Paul’s leadership is an example of the Five Actions of Serving Leadership™ (*see note). The first of the five actions is Run to Great Purpose™ which calls every organization to pursue a great […]
#373 Nehemiah: Blaze the Trail™
May 8, 2024 Nehemiah served the people of Jerusalem by clarifying the vision and calling the people to live by their values. He also demonstrated the third action of serving leaders, Blaze the Trail, by keeping everyone focused on the mission. Serving leaders clarify for their team what activities bring the success that will accomplish […]
#361 Timothy: Learning to Fight the Battle
November 1, 2023 All leaders fight battles—but not all leaders know what battles they should fight or how to win the battles. Paul gave Timothy instructions about how to serve others by successfully fighting and winning the right battles. 18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made […]
#357 Timothy: Becoming a Role Model
September 6, 2023 Timothy learned early that leading himself came before leading others. Before he called others to follow, he had to model the way. Consider these verses: Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives tales; rather, train yourself to be godly” (1 Timothy 4:7, NIV). Don’t let anyone look down on […]
#352 Timothy: Clarifying the Call
June 28, 2023 Timothy had a gifting and calling to the leadership roles in which he served, especially in his leadership of the church at Ephesus. But there were many years of growth and development that preceded this assignment and during that time Timothy was clarifying his calling. Consider these instructions Paul gave to Timothy: […]
#351 Timothy: Paying the Price of Leadership
June 14, 2023 Timothy was hungry to learn but he also recognized that growth in leadership comes at a cost. He was willing to pay the price that was required to shape him into the strong leader that he would become. Consider these scriptures about his life: Paul wanted to take him along on the […]
#334 Barnabas: Serving with Failure
September 28, 2022 Barnabas was a great leader and we have reflected on many great things from his life. But he was not perfect! Two incidents are recorded for us that reveal his imperfections. 36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we […]
#318 Serving leaders ask those who follow: “What are you doing to finish well?”
February 16, 2022 Serving leaders reflect on how they will finish to keep their own focus on the right areas. But they quickly turn to serve those they lead by also encouraging them to think about finishing well. Although leaders are often further along in their own life journey than those they lead, they consider […]