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How do we lead when we don’t know where we are going
On today’s Whiteboard video, Scott Lokers asks a pertinent question: How do we lead when we don’t know where we are going? Watch the video to join Scott in reflecting on how we might go about answering the question, and how discernment and spiritual disciplines are essential. (Original date: Dec 23, 2020)
Vital Signs of Church Life: Love
For the next three posts we’ll be in a short little series called “Vital Signs.” And the simple but important idea of the series is that just as people have vital signs that are key indicators of health – pulse, temperature, blood pressure, and so on – so also do churches. These vital signs are indicators of whether a church …
The church needs HERO leaders: God working
On today’s whiteboard video, Scott Lokers wraps up our series on H.E.R.O. leaders (hopeful, empowered, resilient, and optimistic) by talking about how knowing that everything God does is for our good allows for legitimate optimism. Reach out to us if your church is ready to dive further into these matters. That is why the LuminexGroup exists!
The church needs HERO leaders: uncluttered optimism
In episode 14 of our 15-week series on H.E.R.O. leaders, Mike Gafa talks about how optimism must flow from our faith and trust in God – not from what we deem to be favorable circumstances. Watch the video to find out how “decluttering” is essential for making Christ our true source of optimism. Reach out to us if your church …
The church needs HERO leaders: leading with optimism
Today is week 13 in a 15-week series on H.E.R.O. leadership (hopeful, empowered, resilient, and optimistic). On today’s whiteboard video, John Messer talks about why Christians have ample reason for optimism, and that whereas pessimists see challenges as being internal and pervasive, optimists see challenges as being external and temporal – not because of mere positive thinking, but because of …
The church needs HERO leaders: trust and resources
Today we continue our focus on resilience as a critical, requisite element of H.E.R.O. leadership. Scott Lokers talks about how resilient leaders display two key characteristics: trusting in God in through all circumstances while remaining honest about the difficulty of circumstances; and fully leveraging the resources God gives us. Reach out to us if your church is ready to dive …
The church needs HERO leaders: growing resiliency
In episode 11 of our 15-week series on H.E.R.O. leaders, Mike Gafa makes the case that resiliency is not created in a moment of testing, but rather is revealed in times of testing. Mike walks through a few biblical examples that illustrate how resiliency is formed over time through discipline, intentionality, and obedience … and revealed during times of testing. …
The church needs HERO leaders: leading with resilience
On today’s whiteboard video, John Messer talks about the “R” of H.E.R.O. leadership: Resilience. John makes the case that resiliency is not a simple matter of willpower, but emerges as we navigate through challenges with hope, empowerment, and optimism. Resiliency is the antidote to V.U.C.A. (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous), and allows us to grow and prosper. Reach out to us …
The church needs HERO leaders: empowered thinking
In week 9 of our 15-week “H.E.R.O. Leaders” series, Scott Lokers talks about how the biblical call to not be conformed to the patterns of this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, relates to how we approach situations in life. We can choose to be disempowered … or we can choose to be empowered – …