The Meaning of the Cross – Part 3
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Malcolm Webber
Leaders
Malcolm Webber
The A-E-I-O-U of Living Your Life Like Jesus
A pastor recently contacted me to ask if there was any hope for his church to survive. The few people in his church were aged, and the church was slowly but surely declining in numbers. My answer shocked him. I said there was great hope for him and his church ‒ because the Father was already at work in his town.
Rod Denton
Regaining Hope
How do you deal with disappointment? Some of us hide it away. We deny its reality with fine words. But deep down we become numb. We become afraid to trust God again. “Surviving disappointment” becomes our background story, influencing our response to every interaction. We need to grieve disappointment in a healthy way.
Dorothy Stewart
Five Reasons Some Pastors Are Loners—And Why That’s Not Good
I admit it. I have a tendency to be a loner. I like my personal space and my private time. I recognize, though, that my tendencies aren’t always the best for a pastor. Here are my reflections on others like me.
Chuck Lawless
What About Those Stubborn Sinful Habits?
We know healthy leadership requires good character, but how do we deal with those headstrong, sinful habits?
Patricia Tillman
Collective Rebuilding of Life-Giving Structures
City walls helped create a shared identity amongst a people. They provided security – a safe environment to work together productively. But some of the churches and NGOs I work with sadly remind me of Jerusalem’s city walls in the time of Nehemiah. The organisation’s walls are broken down by internal conflict, mistrust and fear. [...]
Dr. Stanley Arumugam
Glimpses of Church Life in Philemon
Can a short book like Philemon provide us with extensive insight into the nature of the Early Church? Find out in this brief excerpt from Glimpses of Church Life: An Exposition of Philemon, by Malcolm Webber.
Malcolm Webber
4 Questions to Ask When You Face Conflict
Everybody faces conflict. Wise leaders, however, know how to manage conflict when it comes. Four good questions arise from Acts 15 for how to face conflict.
Charles Stone
8 Reasons Why Church Change is so Difficult
Wise leaders and pastors understand that lasting change requires individuals to change first before an organization will change. Your change won’t last or will disrupt your church unless those in your teams personally embrace the change first, at least at some level. So it behooves us to first understand why most people initially resist [...]
Charles Stone
The Meaning of the Cross – Part 2
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Malcolm Webber
Seeing Through Another’s Eyes
“Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another.” (Hebrews 10:24-25)
Skye Jethani
A Design for Surrendering to Jesus
Do you have difficulty surrendering to Jesus? This holistic design will help.
Malcolm Webber
The Three Horizons
The effective leader will focus on three time horizons simultaneously: 1. Cultivating current responsibilities, extending and defending the core existing ministries. 2. Tending and nurturing emerging ideas, strategies, and processes. 3. Planting seeds for tomorrow. This pattern encompasses the mature, emergent, and embryonic phases of an [...]
Malcolm Webber
Characteristics of the Emotionally Unhealthy Leader
Here are four core qualities of an emotionally unhealthy leader.
Pete Scazzero
Taking Responsibility to Change
If we look at our own lives, where are we blaming others for a situation?
Rick James
You Are Not a Failure
A lighthouse stands firm when storm waves crash over treacherous rocks along the shoreline. It shines a light of encouragement over the dark waves toward wary seafarers. Christian leaders can feel tossed about in the storms of trials and troubles, and the truths Brittney shares can be the same beacon of encouraging light as a lighthouse [...]
Brittney Moses
6 Steps to Being Intentional
Demands for our time seem to clamor endlessly. When was the last time you had a peaceful moment when you were not thinking about that next thing to do? Usually the decision to commit to too many things is because we can’t seem to say “no.” How do you say “no” in these busy times? Is “no” being selfish, or is “yes” being selfish when you [...]
Julie Sunne
Rejection 101
If you interact with other humans, chances are you'll experience some sort of rejection, and that can feel like being in the center of a storm without any shelter or comfort. Eric reminds us that leaders must weather the storms of rejection.
Eric Richardson
The Meaning of the Cross – Part 1
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Malcolm Webber
A Pearl of Great Price
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters ‒ yes, even their own life ‒ such a person cannot be My disciple.” (Luke 14:26)
Chris Wheeler