Matters of the Heart: Gauge its Condition
Issue #410, October 29, 2025 Healthy leaders pay attention to their heart, the seat of their emotions. In the previous issue we recognized the power of our heart to direct our lives and the difficulty in understanding it. David acknowledged his desire to have an undivided heart. He also cried out to God for help […]
Matters of the Heart: Grasp its worth.
Issue #409, October 15, 2025 Most leadership writing is action focused, which is natural since leaders value results. Yet, the Bible focuses more on matters of the heart, mentioning our heart more than 500 times, certainly an indication of how significant our heart is. While the biblical view of the heart encompasses the mind, will […]
#354 Timothy: Learning to Reflect
July 19, 2023 Timothy was a young man, eager to save the world as he joined his mentor, Paul. But along the way he learned that leadership is not all about action. Leadership certainly involves the actions leaders take as well as the heart and motives underneath the actions. But leadership also includes the mind, […]
#316, Serving leaders ask those who follow: “Who are you following?”
January 19, 2022 Serving leaders give conscious thought to who they follow. They also reflect on what the following verses mean for those they lead. Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:1, NIV). Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as […]
#313 Serving leaders ask themselves: “What am I thinking?”
November 10, 2021 Leaders work hard and they make things happen. They are people of action! But effective leaders also recognize that thinking about their work is a part of their work. They realize that what they think impacts what they do. Paul challenges leaders to pay attention to the focus of their thinking. 8 Finally, […]
#305 Serving Leaders ask themselves: “What is in my hand?”
July 21, 2021 Leaders with a vision are always conscious of their need for resources to accomplish the vision. These resources may be finances, people, skills, or knowledge or other things. Leaders often begin the search for these resources outside themselves and begin to look around to meet the needs at hand. But serving leaders […]
#304 Serving leaders ask those who follow: “Who are you becoming?”
July 7, 2021 Serving leaders ask themselves hard questions about who they are becoming. As they gain clarity and direction about their focus, they also serve those they lead by encouraging them to walk the same journey of discovery. They desire that Paul’s instructions are helpful not only for their own lives but also for […]
#303 Serving leaders ask themselves: “Who am I Becoming?”
June 23, 2021 Serving leaders use questions to probe their own leadership journey and to encourage those who follow to do the same. The posture of asking questions helps keep serving leaders aware that they don’t have all the answers and that they are also on their own leadership journey. They ask “Who am I?” to establish their identity […]
#302 Serving Leaders ask those who follow: “Who are you?”
June 9, 2021 Serving leaders first ask themselves, “Who am I?” But then they take a look at those who follow them and ask a related question, “Who are you?” Serving leaders love those who follow and they desire for their followers the same that they desire for themselves. They invite their followers to also learn about their identity, their strengths and their weaknesses. They invite their followers to […]
#301 Serving leaders ask themselves: “Who am I?”
May 26, 2021 Most leaders see themselves as people with answers but serving leaders are more concerned about asking the right questions than having the right answers. Asking questions helps people think, helps people grow and helps people lead. So, serving leaders grow themselves and others by learning to ask good strategic questions of themselves […]