// archives

Leadership

RSS feed for this section
This category contains 1488 posts

Disclaimer

‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

Assessment Processes In Professional Counselling Practice

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

My Stance on Assessment by Amanda Southwell (nee Croucher) Introduction There are a wide variety of issues raised by assessment and the form of its application. Many counselling agencies utilise a range of assessment procedures and techniques, including pre-counselling interviews and diagnostic testing. Individual counsellors approach assessment according to the particular theoretical model to which […]

Creative Questioning

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

DAILY ENCOUNTER ~ Wednesday, November 01/00 by Dick Innes ~ ACTS International http://www.actsweb.org Partnering with NCF Ministries: http://www.ncfliving.org Like Daily Encounter? If so, would you please forward it to a friend suggesting they might like to subscribe. PLEASE NOTE: I am out of my office until Nov. 13 … sending from Australia. To find God […]

The Winning Attitude: A Postscript

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

A Personal Note from the List-Founder Dear friends, It was a year and a few months ago that I read and reviewed John Maxwell’s book ‘The Winning Attitude: Your X-Mozilla-Status: 0009ccess.’ (See CLM 788 Winning Attitude, The (Book Review: John C Maxwell) In it I wrote: ‘….He’s half right. So what’s the half he didn’t […]

“Paul’s Prescription For Sanity”

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Dear Fellow-Yoked, To whom and for whom do we REALLY minister? When those in ministry properly answer these questions, there is a sense of healthy groundedness and perspective for ministry. Rev. Wayne Dobratz’s article, “Paul’s Prescription for Sanity,” reminds and points us to this necessary grounding in the grace of Jesus Christ. The article is […]

Our Churches Do Not Have To Shrink

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

[The following letter was sent to Melbourne’s leading newspaper, ‘The Age’ following two articles by a leading Anglican laywoman, Dr. Muriel Porter]. Muriel Porter’s diagnosis of the ill-health of Australian mainline Christian churches (The Age August 8 & 9) is long on negative rhetoric and short on positive directions. This week I am meeting with […]

Riding Dead Horses

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Does any organisation come to mind when you read the following? The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from one generation to the next, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. But in modern business (and education and government) because heavy investment […]

Preaching Assessment

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Preachers: Why not ask some astute people in your congregation to give you some feedback on your preaching? Here’s a simple feedback form: PRESENTER: MENTOR: CONTENT 1. Point of Content …………………………………………………………………. ………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………….. 2. Anchorage in Bible Text …………………………………………………………………. ………………………… …………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………….. 3. Structure …………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………….. 4. Use of Illustrations …………………………………………………………………. ……………………………….. […]

You Can Do It Too!

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Every year, Australia hosts a 600 kilometer foot race from Sydney to Melbourne. It’s a long, tough race that makes marathons look easy. It takes five days. In 1988, a guy named Cliff Young showed up to run in the race. Nobody there knew he was planning to run, because, after all, he was 61 […]

Worship: Recovering A Spiritual Dynamic For Renewal

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-176 WORSHIP: RECOVERING A SPIRITUAL DYNAMIC FOR RENEWAL From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his host! Psalm […]

E-Pastor For The E-Generation . . .

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-177 (Leadership Issues) E-PASTOR FOR THE E-GENERATION? by Siu Fung Wu As the new millennium rolls in, we find ourselves living in an “e-world”. Terms like e-business, e-solutions, e-commerce, and e-generation are becoming part of our everyday language. The increasingly popular question we ask is: “What is your e-mail address?” In the […]

« Previous — Next »