by dsadmin | Aug 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Discipline of Curiosity There’s a famous axiom that says leaders are learners. John Maxwell adds that the moment we stop learning we stop leading. So, it is so important to read as a discipline. What you are reading today will make you better tomorrow? There are...
by dsadmin | Aug 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Discipline of Storytelling As a leader, one of your most important and unexpected roles, is you are Chief Storyteller. You are the carrier of the tale of what God is up to in your midst. A story will captivate the imagination of your team like nothing else. It...
by dsadmin | Aug 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Put an x on where you’d place yourself on this continuum. I’m about ¾ of the way toward task (maybe more). The tension in every ministry position is to serve both of these things well. There are both tasks and people involved in every ministry endeavor. If you’re a...
by dsadmin | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
God has always used regular ordinary people to do great things. He used anxious people and depressed people, he used hesitant people, arrogant people, and busybodies and tightwads, he used liberals and conservatives, scared people and broken people. The more ordinary...
by dsadmin | Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
For the past several decades, I’ve seen example after example of pastors and church staff members and volunteer ministry leaders being forced to leave ministry because of a breakdown in their family. Church leaders come with a target on their back. Satan knows that if...
