My blog is written as a part of what I sense to be the call of God on my life. I have been called to be a Kingdom-builder and this blog gives me an opportunity to expand my ministry beyond my local church. I want to continue to make it better and meet the needs and desires of my readers. It will help me do that better if I know more about you. That’s why I have created my first ever reader survey. [...] Continue Reading…

The news of Facebook buying Friendfeed is probably unwelcome news to Twitter today. After almost a week of Twitter troubles and still struggling with using Twitter with Firefox, I can imagine there are some looking for a more reliable alternative. [...] Continue Reading…

I don’t know about you, but watching this is a little scary for me. I do not want the government controlling the oil companies. Do you? [...] Continue Reading…

Here’s a quick encouragement to help you have a great week.

Spend the first 30 minutes of your workweek pre-planning for the week. Follow these steps: [...] Continue Reading…

As a part of my Master’s in Organizational Leadership from Eastern University I am to conduct a qualitative research project. I wrote about the master’s program in yesterday’s post. Read it HERE. I decided to survey the spiritual health of our church by asking a cross-section of people questions about their own spiritual maturity and growth. [...] Continue Reading…

I have been asked consistently for the past year why I would subject myself to the discipline of obtaining a second master’s degree. I have a seminary master’s in counseling, but last year I began work on a master’s in organizational leadership from Eastern University in Philadelphia. I should finish this degree in early 2010. [...] Continue Reading…

I think Paul is saying to the Corinthians, “You see the immoral culture around you. You don’t have to participate. You can’t choose to be different. You have the ability to flee temptation.” I believe we can love the people of the culture without falling into the sins of the day. It’s a challenge, one that I struggle with daily, but one that is made possible by Christ’s power working in us. [...] Continue Reading…

In an earlier post I wrote about the loneliness of leadership.  One reason leadership can make a person feel isolated is the weight of responsibility on the one who claims to be the senior leader in an organization.  Whether in the business world, in non-profits or churches, there are [...] Continue Reading…

I am using the term leadership capacity to describe a leader’s ability to effectively lead his or her organization to accomplish the vision of the organization. Consequently a leader exceeds his or her leadership capacity when he or she no longer has the ability to effectively manage or lead the organization to reach its potential. If the organization is growing there will most likely be a time in the leader’s tenure where he or she feels they have reached or exceeded this capacity. [...] Continue Reading…

As a leader, I have learned that there are times with the criticism is dead-on and something I need to hear and other times when I need to dismiss it and continue in the direction I feel God has led me to go. Knowing when to accommodate the critic and when to ignore the criticism is a careful balance leaders face often. [...] Continue Reading…