Turns out the answer wasn’t 53. Or even 54. All Thom Rainer gave me was these ten diagnostic questions: Are you physically and emotionally able to continue to lead at a high level? If not, you probably should retire. Are you still highly motivated in your place of leadership? If you don’t wake up each …
From R. Kent Hughes’ 10 Disciplines Of A Godly Pastor. Point 8: Discipline of Perseverance Hebrews 12:1–3 presents a picture of perseverance in four commands. Divest! “Lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely” (v. 1a). Run! “. . . with endurance the race that is set before us” (v. 1b). Focus! “Looking …
The local pastors were musing on the necessity of pastoral leadership to be qualified by character and not personality this morning. The culture in which we live values celebrity, which stands in contrast to the incarnational values of the kingdom. From Zack Eswine. The Origin of Celebrity Culture Celebrity culture comes from at least two …
This made me laugh too much. Shamelessly stolen from a friend’s facebook wall.
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