Category Archives: Leadership

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #15

  Text “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” John 15:9-11 Meditation If you want to experience the abundant, joyful and fulfilling .
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“Be Transformed” – Death not Denial

We are looking at six aspects of transformation as part of the Christian walk with Christ.  Our sixth and final component asks ‘how do we achieve this attitude of the joyous response of the godly steward?’  The answer may surprise you.  We only achieve it through death.  It may seem odd to end this series on life-giving transformation with a discussion of death, but in the end our transformation to godly stewards is really .
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“Be Transformed” – Doxology and not Dogmatism

We are looking at six aspects of transformation as part of the Christian walk with Christ.  Our fifth component emanates from the depths of our souls.  The process of transformation is a journey of joy because it is a journey with Christ.  Here is where the imperatives of freedom, liberation from the bondage of sin, joyous response and an optimistic and hopeful view of the future emerge as the fruit of our transformation.  There .
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“Be Transformed” – Process and not Pronouncement

We are looking at six aspects of transformation as part of the Christian walk with Christ.  Our fourth component requires out patience, endurance and Spirit-led determination.  For while Christ’s work is once and for all, it is worked out in us throughout our lives.  Transformation is, by definition, a process.  It is a faith journey, a growing, reaching, and pressing on. Wes Willmer writes, “The Christian life begins at the moment of faith, but .
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“Be Transformed” – Holistic and not Compartmental

We are looking at six aspects of transformation as part of the Christian walk with Christ.  Our first consideration is the breadth of the work that God seeks to do in us. The transformation we are seeking requires our total and complete being or it is not transformation.  It is a process that requires heart, soul, strength and mind.  If the Holy Spirit is the transforming agent, then there will not be one miniscule .
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“Be Transformed” – Rethinking an Overused Word

One of the most overused and abused words in our modern vocabulary is ‘transformation’. We use it to describe everything from weight loss to the effects of new kitchen cabinets. I fear that by our overuse of it we have robbed it of its radical meaning. To be ‘formed’ means to be given a distinctive shape with a specific function.  From there we can be re-formed, which implies we have lost the original form .
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DISCIPLINE #9 – The Discipline of Death that Leads to Life

It may seem strange that the final discipline is death.  Have we journeyed all this way as a steward leader only now to be asked to die?  In a word, yes.  The life of the steward leader does not end with death, it begins with death.  Indeed, until you have died, you cannot lead or live as Christ intends. The disciplines of the steward leader are dependent upon a heart that is fully submitted .
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Disciplines of the Steward Leader #8 – Daily Submitting our Time, Talents and Resources to God’s Work

As leaders we are called upon to lead our people by modeling the life of a faithful steward.  Here is a quick check list to see how you are doing. Time.  How are you modeling balance and wholeness in your use of time?  More importantly, whose time is it, really?  Can you say of every minute of every hour of every day, ‘it is not mine, Lord. It is yours.’?  Would an audit of .
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Disciplines of the Steward Leader #7 – Leading a Lifestyle that Reflects a Love and Care for God’s Creation

Everything in this world emerged from the simple combination of the human being created in God’s image, and the Garden, which was created for humanity, and humanity for it. Those ingredients are the foundation for all that exists in God’s creation: a man, a woman and a garden. All of our advanced technology, our science, our music and literature, our civilization and global economy—everything grew out of the formula of man, woman and the .
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Disciplines of the Steward Leader: #6 – Pray for Eyes to See your Neighbor as God Sees Them

When I am in a hurry I see the people God places in my path as obstacles to be overcome. I get focused on my agenda, my needs and my precious time and the people I encounter mostly get in my way.  They don’t drive fast enough, move me through check out lines quickly enough or return emails promptly enough.  In this mindset, people are mostly frustrations.  That is because I see them in .
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