Have you ever considered that you are not who you are today without who you were yesterday? Is that confusing enough for you? Think about it like this: in the last few days, my youngest daughter has lost 2 teeth. This is a normal part of the growth process. Every …
wes Sharpening Your Leadership Sword, pt 2
On Tuesday, I posted about finding ways to develop your leadership daily and weekly. Today, I’m going to look at something that’s a bit of a long range view: conferences. Now, to be fair, I’m not a well traveled and varied conference goer. What I do have, however, is my …
Today’s Decisions. Tomorrow’s Direction.
Have you ever done something you never thought you would do? For me, it’s running. I used to think people who ran 5K races were crazy. Now, I’m one of the crazies. I’ve run 5Ks (including one during a vacation), 5 mile races, 10Ks and even a half marathon. Every …
The Redundancy of Leadership
Do you know the hardest part of writing a blog? The consistency of having to write another post. It comes up three times each week, like clockwork. Ministry is the same. Sunday is always right around the bend (or Wednesday for many youth ministers). Farming was the same. No matter …
Structure vs Creativity
Last week I talked about leading from creativity and leading from structure, using the backdrop of two recent woodworking projects. Today, I want to reflect a little more. I truly believe that effective leadership calls for both creativity and structure. There are times where being creative is the only way …