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Courageous leaders have learned to govern themselves, to manage their emotional reactivity, to restrain their impulsivity. Like the impulse for revenge, to employ terrorist tactics, or zero-sum strategies. Courageous leaders will resist the ever-present impulse to resist another’s resistance. Think about that for a minute.  When you encounter someone resisting you, what you stand for, […]

We’re considering Jesus’ example of governing himself, managing his emotional reactivity, and restraining his impulsivity while in Gethsemane.  Jesus is warring in prayer alone. Scripture records that, being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. [Luke 22:44] I don’t know what all that means

Courageous leaders have learned to govern themselves, to manage their emotional reactivity, and to restrain their impulsivity. There is probably no more spectacular example than Jesus in Gethsemane. [Matthew 26:36-46] Entering the garden, Jesus is feeling the weight of the immense spiritual battle bearing down upon him. So, he asks his three most dependable, most

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Leaders go first. Which means they GO.  Leaders move into the unknown. They realize they cannot afford to wait until there’s no risk left. Guided by their values and attending to their well-functioning moral compass, they move. This is what my friend Tom chose to do. He responded tenderly, mercifully, patiently, lovingly, forgivingly, and kindly.

A joy to be interviewed on the “Jesus in my Life” podcast. Here’s the link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2004457/12503117

On a post a while back I used the phrase “do what’s right because it’s right, whether it works or not.” I learned this from my dear friend, Tom, who says he learned it from the Lord.  Through a series of sudden, unexpected, and unexplainable family tragedies, Tom found himself in isolation. Living alone, feverishly

This series is about coaching distinctions used with hundreds of clergy, from all corners of the church: Episcopal to Calvary Chapel, Foursquare to Presbyterian, Adventist to Nazarene. The desire or distress that brings them to hire me varies widely. But, the work we do doesn’t. This series, now 48 entries long, illuminates distinctions that’ve been