All seven of these are helpful. Here’s a couple: Don’t take yourself too seriously. Ministry is serious business—the gospel, life and death ministry situations, leadership expectations, and all the rest. But the seriousness of our ministry should not lead to become coldly sober or overtly austere. Pastors should be accessible and authentic. Laughing at yourself …
Eric Geiger aims these points at younger leaders who have tasted affirmation or success early in life or ministry. They are applicable in every season of life, I think. 1. Skills can outpace sanctification. When a leader has been continually affirmed for his or her skills, the leader can obsess over development of those skills …
Short post by Ron Edmondson on the differences between leaders and managers, the need for both, and the strain when someone naturally inclined toward one area ends up functioning in the other. His thoughts are prompted by a book “Reviewing Leadership”, particularly this quote: “Leadership and management are two distinct yet related systems of action. …
Peter Ko explains that ‘tiger parenting’ is what happens when parents push their children hard to succeed. He goes on to add that church leadership could fall into ‘tiger pastoring’ and create, either directly or indirectly, thoughts in a congregations minds that they constantly have to strive hard to grow. Usually in a pattern of …
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