Humor: Church Planting Woes

You Know You're in Church Planting When ...

A baby sneezes in the nursery, and the mother leaves the service to check his health.

You discover you've ...

Preventing Emergencies

One of the tests of leadership is to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

Great Expectations

Lech Walesa made the observation that "Americans are drifting away from spiritual values as they become richer." He said that "sooner or ...

Seeing Things One Way

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Conformity Crushes

Strangely, the expounders of many of the great new ideas of history were frequently considered on the lunatic fringe for some or all of their lives. If ...

Simon Peter an Odd Choice

The only omnicompetent Executive chose Simon Peter--a man of great strengths and glaring weaknesses--to lead his fledgling church.

Recognizing Ability

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

The Price of Leadership

Being a leader is wonderful. But it is not without its price.

The Pure in Heart

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not to envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.

The Tenders of Vision

The tenders of vision are often lonely, usually unpopular, and frequently demand that others change. People with a vision inject ambiguity and risk and ...