Charles Simeon's Long-Term Leadership

Even before finishing his degree, and still lacking pastoral experience, Charles Simeon put his name forward for the pastorate of Cambridge's Holy ...

A Pastor's Honest Prayer

In her book Holy the Firm, Annie Dillard writes of attending a small church with some 20 people:

The minister is a Congregationalist and wears a white ...

The Root of Clarity

They that cannot speak clearly, seldom clearly understand what to speak.

Portrait of a Shriveled Saint

Willi Ossa was an artist who worked as a janitor at night in a church on New York's West Side to support his wife and infant daughter. During the day ...

Ministers Tell People What to Do

Returning home from church, our five-year-old Emily announced she wanted to be like the man who stood in front.

"You want to be a minister?" asked my wife.

Principles of Preaching

It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a good beginning, ...

Respecting Delegated Authority

Let's say you came to my house for a party and the cars were lined up along the street and you pulled in the empty driveway. A little girl came out ...

The Basis of Christian Leadership

Promises, not concrete successes, are the basis of Christian leadership.

Vision Should Belong to Everyone

If vision is going to be owned by the people, it has to be more than something we talk them into.

The Roles of Leaders and Visions

Leaders do not have to be the greatest visionaries themselves. The vision may come from anyone. The leaders do have to state the vision, however. Leaders ...