Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds – Psalm 72:18 Psalm 72 is a psalm that builds walls to keep me out when I read it. I feel immediately disconnected from what it is saying. The words are all about the king: praising him and praying for …
Rob Bell on Leadership in Ministry
I came across an interesting interview of Rob Bell by YouthWorker Journal. It was interesting because I am not a youth worker per se, but I found a lot of Rob's points to be interesting. Rob wonders aloud about a lot of topics in the interview, including the tension between production/programs and authentic discipleship, the …
Leadership Pitfalls
A friend of mine passed along this excellent article on the pitfalls of leadership called "Unoriginal Sin" by Will Mancini. In the midst of a young church plant, I found that my tendency at this point in my life is to slip into the first three "thinkholes." If you are a church leader, whether on …
Leadership – Meriwether Lewis
In a post from a couple of days ago, I recommended Stephen Ambrose’s book Undaunted Courage, which studies the life of Meriwether Lewis. Here is an extended excerpt from Ambrose on the sort of leader Meriwether Lewis was: How he led is no mystery. His techniques were time-honored. He knew his men. He saw to …
Undaunted Courage (Book Review)
As a Christian you are urged to read all sorts of Christian-y things. There is no end to the magazines and catalogs pushing for you to read books about spiritual disciplines, theology, church history, innovation in ministry methodology, and pastoral leadership. Now, there is nothing wrong with all of this material. In fact, I read …
Matthew Erickson 