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Construction Zone
The inhabitants of earth settled into one land, spoke one language, and utilized one method of construction: shape bricks, slather them with tar, and shove them into spaces. They fashioned society and structures with sameness. And God scattered (Gen 11.1-9). Egyptians utilized one method of construction: gather Israelites, slather them with shame, and shove them into labor. They shaped society and structures with slaves. And God delivered (Ex 6. 1-9, 12.40-42). The Israelites utilized one method of construction: gather one ethnicity, follow one priesthood, and speak one language – the Law. And God diversified (Gal 3.28, Eph 2, Col 3.11). The Church utilized one method of construction: gather Church with…
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Leadership Insanity
Leadership is broken because leaders are unbroken All of us are familiar with the definition of insanity as doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results. Based on that definition, Christian thinking about leadership is beyond insane. Leadership is broken, and we continue to count on talent, experience, and success to fix leadership, even when it’s evident that these factors fail to fix the problem. In fact, talent, experience, and success hinder us from accomplishing God’s leadership call to us. We’re caught up in a leadership fad, not the first fad the church has ever faced. When I started pastoring—a while back—some of us (including…