If your only tool is a hammer, all problems are a nail. I am advocate for a good tool belt. Good. Not perfect. In the last decade I have become far more competent at household repairs than I was before that. YouTube has been invaluable in this. Where before I would enter a new task with trepidation combined … More A More “Compleat” Tool Belt!
Leadership development is, in part, the nurturing of skills from within. It’s the identification of skills talented developers see but the individual does not see themselves. It is showing new ways to solve old challenges. … More Defining Ourselves Around Leadership Development
A frequent question in discussions of how we support the United Methodist Church beyond the local church is: “what does our church get back for paying our Mission Shares and Apportionment?” I hear in the “what does our church get back”, a “why” question. Help us understand “why” we support the Conference and levels beyond? Illustration: a … More Supporting the Connectional Church
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 New International Version We love [God] because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 New International Version The search for meaning in my life ultimately brought me … More Growing in Love
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many are one body, so it is with Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:12 (ESV) In my time in the Army, I often heard leaders say while pointing to the US Army strip on our uniforms “there is … More Pronouns Matter
The Mindful Leader 