leadership

September 28, 2021

Put Your Oxygen Mask on First

Are you spiritually healthy?  Are you 100% spiritually healthy or 50%?  You cannot expect those around you to be spiritually healthy if you are not healthy yourself. On an airplane you are told that if there is an emergency and oxygen is needed you should put your oxygen on first.  Why?  Because if you are not breathing you cannot help anyone else.  If you are […]
May 27, 2022

Leading is Not About Winning

by Director of Church Planting and Church Health Larry Barker Spiritual leadership is being careful not to adopt an “us versus them” mentality.  Leadership commonly makes decisions by majority rule more than consensus. Having the majority means if you agree with us, we win and if you disagree with us you lose.  Majority means that 51% approves the 100% decision but consensus […]