Leadership
Organizational Helplessness
By Scott Arbuthnot Special To Smart Business Supersite What is it about working in large, modern organizations that teaches people to think small? Where and how are we accidentally teaching people to learn helplessness so they actually believe they cannot influence their environment? Could it be the now constant threat of restructuring and other sophisticated […]
Immobilised By Security
Having once purchased a 10′ fishing boat, I took it to the private farm pond of one of my local church members. I had carefully crafted my own boat anchor from some large bars of lead and nylon rope. When I had paddled to the center of the pond, I dropped the anchor. Some time […]
How To Sell Your Home
This article by Bryce Courtenay appeared in The Australian newspaper several years ago and is as relevant today as it was then. Australian author of "The Power of One" and other great books – buy, read and enjoy! One of the more unrewarding experiences you can have within the urban landscape is the business of […]
Denominations
Subject: Re: Are Denominations Wrong? Date: 26 Oct 1999 02:01:43 GMT From: (RevPMorgan) Newsgroups: alt.religion.clergy Just as there is diversity in the world in all things it seems, there is diversity in belief. Personally, my relationship with G-d is my relationship and my relationship alone. I feel is it not proper for individuals to define […]
An Affair Of The Heart
I had anticipated this moment with an emotional mixture of intimidation and challenge. The intimidation was generated by the fact that I was standing before a large group of my fellow pastors and I was to deliver the annual address of our Pastors’ Conference. The element of challenge found its focus in the question, “How […]
Pastoral Pressures
It is suggested this is an area of the life of God’s people in which we need to make a significant breakthrough. The wastage and lost opportunites are just too great. In this context, many ministers need to learn more about ‘permission giving’ and using the gifts of their congregations as the bases for organising […]
Ministering To Men
God emerges when men express need for each other, leader says By Terri Lackey NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Men need men. So says LifeWay Christian Resources’ men’s ministry specialist, Sid Woodruff, who believes a spiritual revival among men could occur if guys would seek out deeper relationships with each other. “Men tend to keep to themselves,” Woodruff […]
No Excuse Sunday
Dedicated To Missing Church Members! To make it possible for everyone to attend church next Sunday, we are going to have a special “No Excuse Sunday”. Cots will be placed in the foyer for those who say, “Sunday is my only day to sleep in.” There will be a special section with lounge chairs for […]
Surviving The Culture Of Criticism
by Revd John Simpson, (General Superintendent, Baptist Union of Victoria, Australia) A few years back a pastor who left his congregation under a cloud defined rather wistfully the kind of church he would like to be called to in the future: one where he would be accepted for who he was, where the leadership had […]
Bullied In Ministry – And A Response
> Bullied in Ministry – Our Story > (Names have been changed) > Seven months after moving away from the parishes where we were > psychologically bullied for almost 5 years, our lives are still > dominated by the experience as our minds and bodies struggle daily to > survive the psychiatric injuries we have […]
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