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Don鈥檛 Be a Good Leader. Be a Present One.
Being a good leader is overrated.
If you just stepped into leadership this year, you probably don鈥檛 believe that yet. You want to serve faithfully. You want to honor God, so you aim for 鈥済ood.鈥
But what if the biggest threat to your leadership isn鈥檛 failure? What if it鈥檚 striving for good?
The Conference Mountaintop Isn鈥檛 the High. It鈥檚 the Detox.
We go to retreats and conferences hoping to 鈥済et filled.鈥 And then we come home to a full calendar. To headlines filled with conflict and catastrophe. To the guilt of not living up to what we committed to. Some of us experience a lingering ache of 鈥淚 still don鈥檛 know what I鈥檓 doing with my life.鈥 So we say things like, 鈥淚 just wish I could鈥檝e stayed on the mountain.鈥 But what if we鈥檝e misunderstood the point? What if the mountaintop was never the high? What if it was the detox?
Five Practices for Developing Deep Friendships
Are you satisfied with your relationships? If you鈥檙e like most Americans, you probably aren鈥檛. But here are five practices that can help you develop deep friendships.
Five Practices for Developing Deep Friendships, Part 2
Are you tired of crappy, superficial, purely electronic friendships?
The Secret to Connecting to People Different from Us
What would it look like if, every day, in every conversation, in every social media interaction, followers of Jesus lived out Philippians 2:3-4 in the ways we listened to others?