Leadership

Blog For Overachievers Everywhere
- By Ronnie McBrayer
- Posted on December 15th, 2012
Scientists have a name for it: Ergomania. It is a word composed of two Latin roots. “Ergo,” meaning work, and “mania,” which means passion. Ergomania…
Articles Four Leadership Lessons from Moses
- By Emanuel Cleaver III
- Posted on December 5th, 2012
One of the most fundamental elements of any successful organization is leadership. However, it is also one the most misunderstood qualities as it relates to congregational…
Articles Revitalization Takes Guts
- By Jessica Miller Kelley
- Posted on December 3rd, 2012
Honesty and courage. These two words may call to mind a virtuous Boy Scout or a knight of King Arthur’s round table, but to Jorge Acevedo, they are the essentials for…
Blog Notifications Are of the Devil
- By Adam McLane
- Posted on November 28th, 2012
Do you catch yourself in a compulsive loop sometimes? For me? Right now it starts with email. Then I go to Twitter, then Facebook, then Instagram, then ESPN.com. If things are…
Blog The Spotlight
- By Adam Thomas
- Posted on November 27th, 2012
I put the guitar down on the wooden bench, dropped my right knee to the root-strewn ground, and produced the ring from my pocket. The green light that shone through the trees of…
Articles The Dark Side of Pastoral Authority
- By Dyton L. Owen
- Posted on November 26th, 2012
“Take thou authority....” It has been a part of the United Methodist ordination service for many years. As each ordinand kneels and the Bishop places her/his…