By: Katy Drage Lines on May 10, 2018
Our church is pretty messy. Rather than staff-led, elder-led, denomination-led, etc. we attempt to navigate our life together in such a way that all lead/influence all. We resist hierarchy, control or coercion, and unilateral decision-making that affects everyone. Obviously, that means that we move slowly, as we mutually submit to one another.[1] And obviously, this…
By: Mary Walker on May 10, 2018
That’s what deep change is all about: the renewal and the replenishment of self and the enlargement of others. Robert E. Quinn[1] Leadership is influence, and influence is not determined by hierarchical position.[2] Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.I John 3:18 Robert Quinn wrote this guide to help…
By: Jennifer Williamson on May 10, 2018
As I look into the problems associated with missionary effectiveness and sustainability, there is no doubt in my mind that what David Livermoore says is correct, “Cultural intelligence is an important skill set for anyone living and working in the twenty-first-century world but it’s essential for leaders in order to lead.”[1] Nevertheless, I agree with…
By: Lynda Gittens on May 10, 2018
Author Quinn seeks to help those affected by changes in their organization in his book, Deep Change Field Guide. Many organizations that experience what he referred to as a ‘slow death’ will need to make changes to survive. (Quinn, 27) Leaders need to consider the reactions of those affected by the change, therefore they…
By: Mike on May 10, 2018
David Livermore’s Leading with Cultural Intelligence is a practical multicultural guide that helps Christian leaders engage the world more effectively for Christ. Cultural Intelligence is an acquired skill that this work helps the leader gain through training and practical experience. The key to success according to Livermore is perception, willingness, and the leaders desire to…
By: Jake Dean-Hill on May 9, 2018
As I read Livermore’s book, Leading with Cultural Intelligence: The Real/New Secret to Success, I couldn’t help but think about Greg and Jenn working in very different cultural settings than myself and how very relevant this must be for them. Then I began to ponder my topic of gender-balanced leadership and realized that many of…
By: Jim Sabella on May 9, 2018
Did you know that there is a website that boasts it has 5240 quotes on leadership! Five thousand, two hundred and forty! Why is that? Why is it that we need quote after quote and book after book to realize first, that leading is important and second that everyone wants to lead. Did you just…
By: Dan Kreiss on May 9, 2018
Though David Livermore suggests that in the increasingly global existence we lead, in this ‘flat earth’ that no longer permits genuine isolationism leaders will require Cultural Intelligence. He defines this innovative form of measuring intelligence as; “The capability to function effectively across national, ethnic, and organizational cultures.”[1]There is some truth in the argument that the…
By: Jay Forseth on May 9, 2018
When an author says, “Chapters 3-7 present the most important material in the book” [1] then I pay attention, especially since that is how Adler taught us to read a book. [2] Not that I won’t read the rest of the book, maybe I will and maybe I won’t, but I will especially read those chapters!…
By: Dave Watermulder on April 13, 2018
In 1991, Jerry Sittser was a young theology professor making his way up the academic ranks. One night, on a lonely stretch of highway in rural Idaho, he was driving the family minivan, packed full with his 4 children, his wife and his mother. A drunk-driver, going 85 miles per hour, came across the dividing…
By: Mark Petersen on April 13, 2018
I picked up the book Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth by Samuel Chand and following the time-tested Adler practices learned in this course, I perused the front and back, along with Table of Contents, before looking at the back inside flap.[1] There, staring at me was Dr. Chand, in all his airbrushed glory. My…
By: Jennifer Williamson on April 13, 2018
Samuel Chand’s book, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth, has a distinctively prosperity-gospel flavour to it, which made it difficult for me to connect with his take on the relationship between leadership and pain. He rightly observes that within the USAmerican culture, “Christians often have more difficulty handling personal pain than unbelievers. They look at…
By: Jason Turbeville on April 12, 2018
To be honest I was not sure I wanted to read this book. I remember sometime last semester Dr. Clark saying sometimes you will have to not read a book and still do a review, and then see if anyone notices, or something to that effect. I have had plenty of pain throughout my ministry…
By: Jean Ollis on April 12, 2018
Sam Chand speaks truth in his highly acclaimed leadership book, Leadership Pain. The premise of his book is simply this – No pain, No gain. Chand challenges the reader to embrace the idea that when leadership “pain” subsides, you are not leading effectively. Chand makes the argument that leaders grow by pursuing their vision through…
By: Greg on April 12, 2018
Walking into a place and paying money for a person to physically assault your body seems to go against every natural fight or flight instinct we have within us. Yet this is something that is done everyday. The last time I experienced this was 2 months ago. Walking into this place knowing that the end…
By: Trisha Welstad on April 12, 2018
Good Friday is one of my favorite church services of the year, with Ash Wednesday being a close second. This is not because I am a masochist but perhaps more the opposite. I am an optimist and I like to think of life as hope-filled. I also did not grow up with the tradition of…
By: Mike on April 12, 2018
Samuel Chand’s Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth is an insightful and encouraging book to finish the 2018 Spring LGP8 Semester. Why? Because Chand gives leaders a no-nonsense, “count the cost” picture on how to lead in ministry while following Christ.[1] I have been a transformational-situational-servant leadership practitioner for many years and I frequently tell…
By: Shawn Hart on April 12, 2018
Statistics in the Ministry[1] 72% of the pastors report working between 55 to 75 hours per week. 84% of pastors feel they are on call 24/7. 80% believe pastoral ministry has negatively affected their families. Many pastor’s children do not attend church now because of what the church has done to their parents. 65% of…
By: Dan Kreiss on April 12, 2018
As a coach for several decades in sports ranging from rugby, cricket and softball to basketball, cycling and tennis, I have been the cause of a lot of pain in my athletes. (And no Kyle not just a pain in the ass.) Not all pain is good, in fact, pain generally is a sign that…
By: Jake Dean-Hill on April 11, 2018
In reading Samuel Chand’s book, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth, I discovered the following story shared by Lisa Bevere of Messenger International at the beginning of chapter 8. After you read it you’ll know why I had to make it the focus of my blog… “Recently I found myself traveling on a plane…
