Category Archives: Leadership

Unless you change and become like little children

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Becoming childlike is not a reference to being “innocent as a child” or having the “simple faith of a child”. Jesus is exposing… Continue reading →

Posted in attitudes of unity, Church Leadership, Community, Disciple-making, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Humility, Kingdom, Leadership, Love, Poor in spirit, Pride | Tagged greatest in the kingdom, Humble, humility and salvation, Kingdom of Jesus, Matthew 18, Poor in spirit | Leave a comment

Threat to team leadership

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Sometimes insecure people will choose subtle ways to compete for leadership or to oppose any authority over them. Continue reading →

Posted in Antagonists, attitudes of unity, Church Leadership, Community, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Qualifications for leadership, Team, Unity | Tagged bad leaders, team leadership, unity | Leave a comment

For those who counsel others…

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Practical guidelines for being an effective friend when giving counsel to others. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Counselor, Counseling, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Small Group leaders | Tagged advice for counselors, Counseling, guidelines for counselors, How to counsel others | Leave a comment

You thought you were serving God

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Wisdomforlife

We set ourselves against God if we wrongly convince ourselves and others that… Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Church discipline, Church Leadership, Elders, elders in the Church, Interpretation of bible, Leadership, Local Church, Pastors, Scripture, Wisdom | Tagged church discipline, church leadership, serving God, spekaing for God. | Leave a comment

Four servants of God who battled fierce despair

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Wisdomforlife

Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship | Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide | 1 Comment

Church: belonging and removal

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Wisdomforlife

Is it possible to be so casual about what it means to belong to a Church that belonging loses its effectiveness and removal becomes irrelevant? Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Church discipline, Church growth, Church Hoppers, Church Leadership, Church membership, Church Planting, Ecclesiology 101, Elders, elders in the Church, Leadership, Local Church, Qualifications for leadership, Wisdom | Tagged church leadership, Church Membership, I Corinthians 5 | Leave a comment

3 approaches to leadership and parenting

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Wisdomforlife

Some relationships are difficult because we approach them using the wrong method of communication. Effective approaches to communication vary with different people and situations. Three approaches are helpful to consider. Directive Consulting Free-Rein Our goal should be to identify the … Continue reading →

Posted in Communication, Elders, elders in the Church, Leadership, Parenting, Parenting teens, Wisdom | Tagged different kinds of leaders, how best to lead, styles of communication | Leave a comment

Liabilities in my work

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Wisdomforlife

Good words for those who use many words! Continue reading →

Posted in Church Leadership, Communication, Counseling, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Pastors, Preaching, Wisdom | Tagged difficulties in ministry, Preaching, public speaking | Leave a comment

Are you a wise and discerning person?

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Wisdomforlife

When I began ministry many years ago, a scene out of the life of Solomon greatly influenced me and became my prayer. Continue reading →

Posted in Church Leadership, Discernment, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Pastors, Qualifications for leadership, Suffering, Trials, Wisdom | Tagged Discernment, Leadership lessons, Wisdom | 1 Comment

After 33 years as a pastor…

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Wisdomforlife

After 33 years as a pastor (32 in the same church), I know by experience that the life of a pastor is a continual reminder that God put His “treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power … Continue reading →

Posted in Call to ministry, Calling, Christian Counselor, Christianity, Church Leadership, Counseling, Ecclesiology 101, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Local Church, Pastors | 1 Comment