- 1. Handling Difficult People With Grace
- ... r life bore a personality resemblance to Mary Poppins? Or to Pollyanna? Or to Mother Theresa? Instead, with difficult people, I often feel like I am stuck in a relationship with Cruella de Vil, Scrooge ...
- Created on 01 October 2021
- 2. Understand This Biblical Principle to Change the Way You Relate to Others at Home and Work
- We would all agree: People are different. God has uniquely created us with specific personalities and endows us with particular gifts as we come to know Him. That sounds easy in principle, says Dr. John ...
- Created on 04 August 2021
- 3. How to Tell You've Arrived as a Big-Shot Preacher
- What we are attempting to do here is walk a fine line between the fun of humor and exaggeration, and the conviction of truth and righteousness. They do intersect, though it's difficult not to veer too ...
- Created on 24 March 2020
- 4. Have You Fallen for These 7 False Assumptions About Introverted Leaders?
- I am an introvert. Some people can question whether they are or not. I don't. I'm certified in Myers-Briggs, so I know the language well. I've studied the concept, but it didn't require much study or an ...
- Created on 04 October 2018
- 5. Why Are Christians So Obsessed With the Enneagram?
- ... I edited The Road Back to You, and I am even more fascinated by the Enneagram now than I was then. I first discovered the personality typing system some years before, when some pastor friends sat me dow ...
- Created on 11 July 2018
- 6. 7 Reasons Introverts Aren't Talking in Your Team Meetings
- Ever wonder why the introvert on your team isn't talking? Occasionally I will hear another leader complain about someone on their team who the leader feels doesn't contribute as much as others. "She's ...
- Created on 29 June 2018
- 7. What Is the Best Personality Type for Ministry Leaders? ...
- ... nothing wrong with being a type-A, driven person with a tendency to light up the room or dominate conversations. My concern is that we often elevate certain personality types as more prone to success than ...
- Created on 27 June 2018
- 8. Finding Peace in a Fallen and Selfish World
- Peace. We all want it. Politicians promise it, beauty pageant contestants promote it, and social scientists study it. Is peace even possible while living in the sin-filled world of compromise, difficult ...
- Created on 21 October 2016
- 9. The Problem With the Combination of Talent and Charisma
- Talent and charisma aren't bad. They're good. They're gifts to be stewarded. In the Bible, Joseph and Daniel are two striking examples of both attributes and how God uses them to put us in places of expanding ...
- Created on 20 October 2016
- 10. Kingdom Economics: Confidence Establishes Success
- Consumers became more pessimistic during the last month. The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell from a March estimate of 96.1 to an April estimate of 94.2. The index measures the attitudes ...
- Created on 04 May 2016
- 11. 10 Contrasts Between Entertainers and Leaders
- There is a great tendency in human nature to crave the affirmation of other human beings. With some people, their need for affirmation is so great it hinders their ability to discern between the will of ...
- Created on 30 October 2015