Models of leadership
A leader is defined by BusinessDictionary.com as
A person or thing that holds a dominant or superior position within its field, and is able to exercise a high degree of control or influence over others.
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The Diaconate: A call to leadership
When one looks at the clergy structure of the Episcopal Church, it appears that there is an inherent chain of command: bishop → presbyter → deacon. This could give the perception that vocational deacons are ecc...
Everyone can lead
The story of Moses reminds us that God uses flawed, fearful and reluctant people as leaders in God’s kingdom. When God calls Moses at the burning bush to lead the people out of Egypt, Moses demurs, saying, “I am nobody. Why would the king or the Israelites bel...
Light is light?
In 2014, the Nobel Prize in physics went to three Japanese physicists for creating blue LED light. Their successful invention happened in 1989. Some in our pop culture laughed and ridiculed the invention of a b...
Valuing all parts of the body of Christ
Sometimes we’re Sherlock and sometimes we are John Watson
One of my favorite television shows is the BBC show, Sherlock. It’s all about Benedict Cumberbatch’s flashy and clever version of Sherlock Holmes, and ...
Pathfinders
Wanted: Those willing to bend the rules, live outside the walls, hack the canons and show the church a new way forward.
I stood outside in the vacant abandoned lot at the corner of Central Ave. and West Broad, where St. John’s, Franklinton, hosts Street Churc...
Vitality marked by the priesthood of all believers
Leadership and congregational vitality go hand in hand. In my first six months as Missioner for Congregational Vitality, I have discovered that leadership in our diocese comes in a variety of shapes and sizes a...
Leadership comes in many forms and personalities
Leadership is defined in the dictionary as the position or function of a leader. At St. James, Piqua, in some cases that means many leaders.
Our main leader is God, whom we all believe in as Christians and E...
Next generation leadership
Leadership is very much on the minds of the parishioners of Christ Church, Springfield, as we enter the process of finding a new rector after the long and successful tenure of the Rev. Charlotte Collins Reed, who first heard the call to ministry when she herse...
Leading as an introvert
After years of trying to force himself to be an extrovert, a pastor discovers that being a Christian leader begins with accepting who you are. Even if you are introverted, shy and out of touch with popular cult...