THE TRUTH ABOUT LEADERSHIP
Teaching courses in leadership, as well as writing a book on global leadership, these days I have been especially attuned to books on the subject. Of course, there is no end to books on leadership. In...
View Article5 Reasons Not to Preach About Current Events
The hardest part of pastoral leadership for me is saying no. I’m a people pleaser, so when people ask me for something my initial response is to just give it to them. But sometimes people ask for...
View ArticleSurviving and Thriving in Seminary
Surviving and Thriving in Seminary: An Academic and Spiritual Handbook, by H. Daniel Zacharias and Benjamin K. Forrest. Lexham Press, 2017. $17.99. 208 pp. On the back cover of this book, the authors...
View ArticleMinistry Transitions
Last summer, I watched the movie, “The Last Word.” Shirley MacLaine plays the character, Harriet Lauler. She lives in comfortable isolation, friendless and alone. She is aware that death is closing in...
View ArticleBecoming an Irrelevant Leader
It’s the Sabbath, an opportunity to come up for air. Perhaps you are finding the same need. You have been deep in a project that has begun to consume your life. I’ve been steep into writing a book on...
View ArticleOur Faceless Age
Maybe you have heard of Jordan Peterson. I was not aware of this Canadian psychologist until I read Peggy Noonan’s recent column, “Who’s Afraid of Jordan Peterson?” So now I am reading his 12 Rules for...
View ArticleSeeing the Whole
Monday mornings I sometimes compare notes with others who have survived the terrors of a Sunday pulpit to live another day. I ask how they are faring. A secondary question is whether or not our...
View ArticleBipolar Disorder and God’s Providence
Western alumnus Micah Yarborough has published a book co-written with his wife, Bobbi Jo, entitled My Anchor Holds Within the Veil: Bipolar Disorder and God’s Providence. This is a unique book—one that...
View ArticleMaintaining Marital Faithfulness
God’s Word is quite clear: “You shall not commit adultery” (Exod. 20:14). Yet we read so frequently of Christian leaders who have become involved in immorality. I will never forget the heartache our...
View ArticleThe Most Important Question (in 40 Years of Teaching)
At the end of July, I will complete forty years of teaching at Western Seminary and transition into a new phase of life commonly known as “retirement.” I don’t like that word and prefer to think of...
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