Barnabas: Serving with a Team
August 3, 2022 Barnabas was an influential leader in the early church, but he didn’t serve alone. Barnabas served with a team. Nearly every reference to Barnabas includes him with at least one other person. This can be seen most clearly at the church in Antioch where Barnabas was sent to provide leadership after a […]
# 324 A Flourishing World: Relationships are honored
May 11, 2022 God created a lovely world that was flourishing, alive, and good in every regard. But then, for the first time, something in this world was described as “not good.” The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him” (Genesis […]
#321 A Flourishing World: Diversity is Affirmed
April 6, 2022 A second ingredient in a world that flourishes is that diversity is affirmed. God created a world that was beautiful and flourishing…and diverse! So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27, NIV) From the beginning God […]
#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 […]
#292 Jesus: Build on Strength
January 20, 2021 In the last issue we looked how Jesus modeled the third action in The Serving Leader ModelTM, Blaze the Trail. He helped His team succeed by defining success and removing obstacles from them. Jesus was also a master team builder. As He sent out the disciples, He deliberately maximized the strengths of […]
See the Vision
Issue #23, January 20, 2010 Servant leaders inspire others to follow a common vision which fulfills God’s purposes for the organization or group. Nehemiah was a leader that did it well. Here’s a part of his story, “Then I said to them, ‘You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its […]
Leading More With Less
Issue #16, October 8, 2009 We live in a world looking for ‘more.’ Marketers encourage us to buy because the product has ‘25% more!’ Businesses look for more customers and more profit. Churches look for more members and bigger budgets. Those who have more are highly esteemed. Leaders, as agents of change, naturally join the […]