Leaders: Grating or Grateful

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Over the years, I’ve probably reported to dozens of supervisors. Most have been grateful, some have been grating. You know the difference immediately. By grateful, I am referring to those leaders who express appreciation. They acknowledge, support, and encourage those …

Who Do You Trust?

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Can you complete this phrase: “In God we trust. All others __________ __________.”? Society is experiencing a trust deficit.A leader writes, “It isn’t unusual for me to remind our volunteer team, ‘You are a primary trust builder in our ministry!’”* …

Mentoring Leaders

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Most of us remember Augustine (345 – 430 AD) for the quotes attributed to him. A book entitled Augustine as Mentor suggests that in addition to being a theologian and bishop of Hippo (today’s Algeria), he played a significant role …

Dream Dream Dream

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Two leaders had coffee together recently. After the meeting, one sent the other an email saying, “I’m thankful for having met another man who has the invitation and freedom to follow his dream – and the dream we understand to …

Sticker Prices

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Soren Kierkegaard once wrote of a strange break-in at a large store in his native Denmark where the thieves didn’t remove anything. When clerks opened up in the morning, all the merchandise was still there. Instead of stealing the goods, …

Down and Dirty

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Henry Ward Beecher spoke of the morality of Christian faith like this: “Religion means work. Religion means work in a dirty world. Religion means peril… Religion means transformation. The world is to be cleaned by somebody; and you are not …

Time to Change

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During the beginning of a new year, we often think about making changes… maybe not exactly like the song, “Time to Change” by the Brady Bunch, but they capture the idea, “When it’s time to change, you’ve got to rearrange …

Resolutions

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Whatever our hopes and dreams for the coming year, may they be with the realization and resolve that “it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure” (Philippians …

Who Am I?

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Until I am measured I am not known, Yet you miss me so much When I have flown. Who am I? (For the answer, scroll down to the end of the article.)It’s the week of transition. Christmas is past. The …