Leadership – Page 5 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Setting a Bad Example – 1 Kings 14:21-31

An argument has been made of late that when we elect someone to office it doesn’t matter if their character is bad. What matters is their platform or their ability to appoint supreme court justices,

Leadership Arrogance – 1 Kings 12:1-24

Is it the nature of youth to act arrogantly? It doesn’t have to be. Solomon did not act arrogantly, at first, but wisely. His son, however, did not learn what he should have from his father. God

Vision Casting – 1 Kings 8:54-66

There are famous speeches that have moved men and women to great actions and to accomplish world-changing achievements. Winston Churchill’s June 4th, 1944 speech on radio to an England facing the

Make No Boast – 1 Kings 7

Building projects. It’s hard not to want whatever you are building, a house, an office, a store, a church, to be perfect. You might be building a company, a family, or a work process. You can get

Taking the Bull by the Horns – 1 Kings 5

Sometimes in my excitement to accomplish things at work I tended to jump first and ask questions later. Was someone else already doing some work in this area? Did I need to team with someone instead of

How Do You Lead – 1 Kings 3

Whenever I am asked to teach or preach I go through a familiar wrestling in my spirit, wanting, on the one hand to impress and be regarded well for how I speak, and on the other hand knowing that my greatest

Consolidating Power – 1 Kings 2:13-46

In many places and times in our world it has been the custom for those who come to power to dispose of their competition. King Herod killed his sons to prevent one of them taking his throne. Kim Jung-un’s

Leaving a Challenge – 1 Kings 2:1-12

In the movie “Saving Private Ryan” the said private is finally saved by Captain Miller but only at the cost of Miller’s own life. As he is dying, Miller tells private Ryan to “earn

The Beat Goes On – 1 Kings 1

One of the beauties of the United States Constitutional government is a mostly clear process for transition from one president’s leadership to another. This has not been the case in every nation.

As Goes the Leader…: Daily Thoughts from 2 Samuel (2 Samuel 24)

In America we get to elect our leaders. But sometimes we elect leaders whose character is atrocious because their politics agree with ours. Yet it is not only the politics of a leader that will affect

Sharing Glory: Daily Thoughts from 2 Samuel (2 Samuel 23)

I had a wonderful mentor in Bill Barber. Bill was the Christian Education director at my church and he took me under his wing, gave me responsibility and freedom. But he also gently trained me and was

Along For the Ride: Daily Thoughts from 2 Samuel (2 Samuel 22)

1 Samuel started with the exaltation of the humble Hannah, mother of Samuel. The rest of 1 and 2 Samuel is a chronicle of what Hannah proclaimed, that it is Yahweh who exalts and humbles and it is not

Old Soldiers Never Die…: Daily Thoughts from 2 Samuel (2 Samuel 21)

When my mother-in-law had a wreck in her nineties, she decided herself that she needed to stop driving. Giving up one’s car keys and one’s independence like that is a hard thing. It is hard

Effective Is Not Always Right: Daily Thoughts from 2 Samuel (2 Samuel 20)

We are not prone to celebrate the leadership of Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda, because, despite how effective he was at getting things done, what he got done was immensely immoral. David has

The Overwhelming Responsibility of Leadership: Daily Thoughts from 2 Samuel (2 Samuel 19)

I remember being given responsibility for a segment of my church’s ministry and immediately setting about to make decisions that I later learned overstepped what others were already doing. Leadership

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