Lesson 9 - Please…
The page turns, the keys will be handed back, the past will be celebrated, and a leadership baton will be passed; my final words in this blog series are a simple appeal to anyone who cares to read them…
Lesson 8 - Sorry…
I’ve messed up. We’ve messed up. We’ve too often pursued things in our own strength and not God’s, and for sure over the last twenty five years we have got many things wrong. So many…. This is ‘sorry’.
Lesson 7 - Thank you…
As impressive as some leaders may try to appear, followers change the world. The real fruit comes when great people consciously invest minds, hearts, prayers and finance into the embodied vision a leader casts….
Lesson 6 - Faith in strong?
We too often want and expect our leaders to be continuously demonstrating strength; to never wobble, display fortitude, live continuously reassured…
Lesson 5 - This is temporary…
In the burnt-out ruins of Coventry Old Cathedral is a Bishop’s stall, hand-carved generations ago for leaders who had huge influence and power, people who now are all but forgotten. The seat out-lives the sitter…
Lesson 4 - No pain, no grain
The leaders I respect the most have character that shines through; I don’t mean personality. Or stage presence. Or the ability to wow a crowd or a social media following. I mean they have grain.
Lesson 3 - Honour me…
We ‘honour’ great orators, celebrate celebrity pastors, cheer church planters. I think I understand some of the ideas behind it, yet I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t drawn to the applause myself…
Lesson 2 - Inadequate prerequisite
The first answer was, ‘No.’
In 1998 when we were asked to take on the leadership of Watford Community Church nothing in us felt up to the task; we were given just three days to give our real answer…
Lesson 1 - The Page Turner
Here we are: Helen and I announced to our church family (and anyone else who’s interested) that we’ll be handing over all our senior leadership responsibilities within Wellspring Church this Autumn. It feels epic, momentous.