servant leadership

Using the 5 Postures As a Coaching Tool

March 5, 2012

I was just asked to write up some thoughts on how to use “The Five Majority Culture Postures Towards Ethnic Minority Ministry” article in coaching settings to be used on Gilbert Kingsley’s blog and resource email hosted here: http://gilbertscoachingtips.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/majority-culture-postures/ All this is there, but thought I’d post what I wrote up here for those who [...]

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Elements of a Leadership Reproduction Culture

March 2, 2012

Over the last few weeks I’ve either authored or co-authored a few posts in a series my ministry is releasing. We’re rolling out a series of Nine Vital Elements of a Leadership Reproduction Culture. Basically – these are things that are part of how we work, how we lead, and how we relate to others [...]

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Servant Leadership: Lost In Translation (Guest Post)

February 27, 2012

I’m excited to host a new guest post on servant leadership. Laura Reynolds is Cru staff and a Missional Team Leader ministering on campuses in South Orange County and Long Beach areas. She’s a participant this year in the Systems & Power Leadership Community where I got to hear some of her thoughts and process [...]

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Ministry Has A Mordor

February 17, 2012

It’s been a while since the Lord of the Rings craze a few years back, but we soon we’ll be revisiting Middle Earth again through the release of The Hobbit. I loved the books and loved the movies for a lot of reasons, but there’s a theme I want to highlight that always stood out [...]

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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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