?[Quoting Charles Spurgeon] Have none of you ever noticed, in your own lives, that whenever God is going to give you an enlargement, and bring you out to a larger sphere of service, or a higher platform of spiritual life, you always get thrown down? That is His usual way of working; He makes you […]
Spiritual Leadership: Lessons from Spiritual Direction
Here is a great summary of what makes a good spiritual director. These qualities are also useful for those of us in any form of spiritual leadership. You can easily change out the words ?spiritual director? for ?Christian leader.? How is God growing these qualities in your own life and ministry? The lines in bold […]
Deeply Rooted Leadership
One of our core themes in The Leadership Institute is holding the cultivation of the inner life (of prayer and communion with God) and the outer life (of ministry and leadership) in healthy tension. It?s easy to give attention to one and neglect the other. One writer who spoke often on these themes was Elton […]
Henri Nouwen on Spiritual Leadership
In The Wounded Healer, Nouwen talks about the shortcomings of some of us whose vocation is Christian leadership. All I can say is ?Ouch!? I?m grateful for many Christian leaders I know who have already taken his counsel to heart and are growing in spiritual leadership. Listen to his words in the context of his […]
Inspiration: Top Posts of 2014
Tuesday we begin a new year of inspiring you to lead from overflow. But before we do that, let’s look back at our Top 10 posts of 2014. It’s a great time to refresh your memory or check out something you missed. Enjoy! Knowing Jesus Give the Gift of Listening How Do I Love the […]
How Competent Are You?
What makes me feel competent or incompetent in my life or my work? One dictionary describes competence as ?adequacy; possession of required skill, knowledge, qualification, or capacity; sufficiency; a sufficient quantity.? Competence is an enough word. It means having what I need to do the work I have been given. There was a time when […]
255 Million Definitions of Leadership
255,000,000. That?s the number of results Google returned when I typed in the words: definition of leadership. There may actually be more definitions of leadership than there are leaders in the world! So, it?s with great trepidation that I submit this blog post and the next that will hopefully result, with any help from the […]
