Inheriting the mantle
As new leaders in the church, divinity graduates have an opportunity to see in the church "the wonder of God’s miracles, the glory of God’s goodness, the joy of God’s humor," says Samuel Wells.
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Seizing the moment
AME founder Richard Allen saw in the 1793 yellow fever epidemic an opportunity to help his fellow citizens and to advocate for equality, writes Rochester Institute of Technology history professor Richard Newman.
Jason Byassee: Anonymous leaders
One of the most important leaders in the Confessing Church movement died in obscurity in 1977, her funeral attended by seven people. How much of our lives is made possible by leaders forgotten to history?
Jean Vanier: Of belonging and bonding
A world ‘gone mad through bad leadership’ could learn much from the international community known as L’Arche, says founder Jean Vanier.
Prince Raney Rivers: Sixth Sense
Leaders have to have a sixth sense, like the Israelite spy Caleb in the book of Numbers.
The language of hope
Leaders’ words can sabotage their message. Coaches Dale Beaman and Cary Gray Kelly offer ways to use the language of abundance, not scarcity.
Len Hjalmarson: Leadership cult or leadership culture?
How do we understand leadership in light of the whole body of Christ?
Lillian Daniel: Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to be pastors
This video parody of Willie Nelson's "Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys" hits home for pastors and other leaders, for whom "dinner is always served cold."
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Vibrant institutions
Christian wisdom is nurtured over the course of time in institutions that act as bearers of tradition, laboratories for learning and incubators of leadership, says L. Gregory Jones.
Gardner C. Taylor: What’s Christian about Christian leadership -- and Christian preaching?
Christian leadership is an easy and difficult role, an authority that is and is not, says the Rev. Gardner C. Taylor in a video interview.