The perennial question of leadership never fails to engage our hearts and our minds. The Wall Street Journal reports on a leadership seminar organized by Oxford University’s Said Business School in the Cabinet War Rooms to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s first government. In leadership, secular or spiritual, the same questions arise, what […]
Experience, someone said, is the teacher of those who do not listen to their mentors. One of the most difficult parts of pastoring is watching people walk into a ditch even as they turn a deaf ear to your injunctions. Indeed leadership in any form will inevitably bring you into such situations. One of the
I’ve been thinking of David for the past two days. I’ve been thinking of David because i mentioned him to my team on Sunday. I spoke of being careless about the tasks entrusted to us and reminded them of David and what Nathan said to him. Early in his reign, Nathan had spoken from God
From time to time we need to be reminded of who should be calling the shots, who should be on high definition video and who on audio. This scripture has been haunting me since i read it again yesterday. Let’s have a chin-wag on this. Paul in his first letter to the Thessalonians writes :
Following on the thoughts on ‘think big’: I spoke of being transformed to the point where what previously seemed big becomes normal God stuff to us. I found myself praying one day and consistently since, that God will heighten my consciousness of Him and His greatness to the point where : The same applies to
