Leadership and spirituality, he said. And I smiled at the rightness of it. This man had just named for me what he understood to be my space of academic contribution. But it’s more than leadership and spirituality. Spirituality focuses my interest within leadership. Because, in the end, what we’re leading the church towards is life … Continue reading
Naming reality and then reframing it. I’ve done a lot of that again this week. In conversation after unplanned conversation. And as I’ve done so, I’ve heard that whisper which might be God’s. A tendril of thought, drawing my attention to what it is that I do and to how others respond. In the midst … Continue reading
What will help you stay on the surfboard? One of the best kind of coaching questions, this, one of the ones which build on the metaphor you were using and hit you sideways. The kind of questions which sometimes elicit an answer deeper than you knew you had. Yes, I do so love powerful questions. … Continue reading
The Art of Steering 