Ethics and the Sermon on the Mount
The Sermon on the Mount (Mt. 5-7) has been foundational portion of scripture from the early days of the church (Lawson, 2008). As a collection of teachings and sayings by…
Managing the Triple Bottom Line
Management of the triple bottom line can be challenging for even the best leaders. The triple bottom line references the three component areas of people, planet, and profit, or social,…
Keys to Living a Life of Greatness
Greatness has less to do with an individual’s circumstances and more to do with an individual’s attitude. Oliver Wendall Holmes is quoted saying, “Greatness is not where we stand, but…
Self-Sacrificing Prophets
The prophets recorded in the scriptures provide a vivid picture of what living a life of self-sacrifice really looks like. So many of the prophets lived lives they would not…
We Are Our Story
The use of narrative goes back to the earliest days of mankind where the passing down of stories was the only way information could be preserved and is the only…
Use Narrative Strategically
Effective communication competence is vital for any leader to have and has many different facets and skills that require mastery, such as dialogue, information sharing, giving feedback, and practicing participative…
Organizational Change Communication
One of the greatest challenges for any organization is knowing how to handle change management (Jones et al., 2004, p. 307); whether it is from a departmental level or organizational…
Christian Leadership of Non-Christians
As a Christian leader, there are two covenants that must be considered in order to influence effective outcomes. First, there is the covenant of a Christian with God and the…
Prophets Lead in Covenant
It is common for modern Christians to pull the majority of their Biblical understanding from the New Testament. Though this is not a wrong way to approach the Bible, it…
Relationship Between Leadership and Covenant
Mankind is a moral creation, whether it is recognized individually or not (Fedler, 2006), and that morality is lived out through a series of decisions that establishes an ethical life.…