Perspectives, May 2015 By Susan Beaumont We aspire to build staff teams of competent, motivated individuals who work in dogged pursuit of a clearly articulated vision. What most of us have are teams with some outstanding staff and some not so outstanding staff,...
2015 Baptist News Global By Vicki Brown God’s grace made pastoral succession work at Broadview Baptist Church in Abilene, Texas, congregational leaders say. The church took a step of faith when Senior Pastor David Cason began to mull retirement. How would they find...
Daily Episcopalian By Richard Helmer In a more provocative moment, I recently posted on Facebook that when confronted with the word “pastoral” I am increasingly tempted to wonder — if not ask out loud — if “co-dependent” is what is...
Leadership Journal, February 2015 What I learned from a man both “scary smart” and humble. By John Ortberg I first met Steve Hayner over a quarter of a century ago. He was the president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, scary smart (a Harvard guy, with a PhD from...
By C. Kavin Rowe Resilience in the Christian sense is not toughness. It is a lived hope, a way to keep getting up again that has its roots in God’s permanent faithfulness. In 1997 the British group Chumbawamba released the song “Tubthumping,” which went on to become...
