Lone Climbers Against the Gale

The richer a man's personality, the more there is of him to be tempted. We need not be surprised--as occasionally we are--at the collapse of some ...

Belaying--A Model for Ministry

Ten of us, all beginners, were climbing White Gap Mountain in North Carolina. We were using ropes in a system called belaying. I served as belayer, which ...

Ambition that Is Foolhardy

The kind of successor I may get may depend a great deal on the kind of predecessor I've been and how I've related to my own predecessor. To reject ...

Team-Building

An organization can be filled by appointments, but a team must be built by a leader.

Thoughts into Words

To know how to say what other people only think, is what makes men poets and sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think, makes men martyrs ...

Whose Problem?

A minister took a guilt trip in a sermon: "I let the congregation really have it. Their stewardship was dismal, their participation was weak; and ...

Manipulation and Leadership

The difference between manipulation and leadership is motive.

Nothing Grows under the Banyan Tree

"Nothing grows under a banyan tree." This South Indian proverb speaks of leadership styles. The banyan is a great tree. It spreads its branches, ...

Novices Need Not Apply

The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.

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 ...