Posts Tagged ‘leadership development’

Greatest gifts meeting greatest needs

March 4, 2009 by Jeff, under The Practicing Church, leadership development | | 13 Comments

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Ministry takes place in that region where your greatest gifts meet the world’s greatest need. Frederick Buechner

As Kurt Lewin once said,

All models are wrong, some are useful.

So, let’s consider the fact that a faith community is nested within a greater community (more…)

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Leadership is an exercise not a role

February 17, 2009 by Jeff, under The Practicing Church, leadership development | | No Comments »

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Ron Heifetz makes this simple statement in his book Leadership Without Easy Answers. After reading Todd Hunter’s latest blog on discipleship I can see it applies to discipleship also.

One of the intriguing things (more…)

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