servant leadership

Stemming the Tide of Scapegoating

January 25, 2012

In the Systems & Power Leadership Community I facilitate yearly, one of the dynamics we explore relates to anxiety in groups and emotional systems and one of the things that we explore is scapegoating. Last weekend, we had an epic NFL championship Sunday in which two games came down to the wire and ended amidst [...]

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My Review on Junia Is Not Alone

December 9, 2011

As I was wrapping up Scot McKnight’s King Jesus Gospel, which you can see my thoughts on here, McKnight released a short e-book entitled Junia Is Not Alone. I bought it immediately – because of my familiarity with Junia and my curiosity about the connections McKnight would make between her and female in ministry throughout [...]

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The Gift of Hospitality in Multi-Ethnic Contexts

November 7, 2011

What does the “Gift of Hospitality” mean to you? Is it the same as having mad baking skills or being the hostess with the mostess? Is it having the great talent to maintain a smile for long periods of time while you great strangers at church? I think the gift of hospitality has been domesticated [...]

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Why I Like It When My Wife Says No to Sex Part 2: Turning the Tables

October 15, 2011

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Why I Love It When My Wife Says NO to Sex

This is the second post as continue this unusual series on “Why I Like It When My Wife Says No to Sex.” You can check out the first post, which contains the context of this series, here. Turning the Tables: Patriarchy and Sex Advice If I can be honest here, I’m a night owl. So [...]

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Servant Leadership & Bathrooms

April 16, 2011

I’m thieving these images from a friend of mine who goes by @destinoeric on twitter. Last week we were at a team leader training for new or soon to be team leaders in an ethnic minority context. We had sessions on servant leadership, power, men & women working together, and many other things. Eric found [...]

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What’s the Opposite of a Cheerleader?

March 3, 2011

I hear all the time in discussions about leadership or community how it’s super important to be cheerleaders of one another. Leaders need to be their people’s biggest fans, their biggest supporters and encouragers. And I’m not going to disagree with that. There’s a great discussion to be had regarding people who think they are [...]

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Blaming Multiculturalism

February 11, 2011

It’s been far too long since posting last, though it’s not been from a lack of wanting to. Most of my blogging time has been taking over by “Kaelyn Time” as I hang out with my night owl infant daughter during those hours where I typically do most of my reading and writing. But every [...]

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Empowerment and Voice

January 19, 2011

I’ve enjoyed somewhat of a vacation from blogging over the past couple weeks, but looking forward to getting some posts up in the near future.Leaders frequently talk about empowerment and servant leadership – whether they are able to live it out or not. Each year over the last 4-5 years I’ve learned more and more [...]

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The Dark Side of Alignment

December 17, 2010

What does alignment mean to you? For many, tires come to mind – keeping them all straight and going in the same direction so your car doesn’t experience damage. For many, it’s a vital building block of leadership culture, which leaders are in some ways measured. You know that saying, “If you’re a leader and [...]

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