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Encouragement for church leaders

Encouragement for associate level leadersEncouragement for church leadersFriendships

Lonely at the top

By Chris Jackson
March 10, 2011
3 Mins read

It’s lonely at the top. Do you agree with that statement? Has it been true for you in your ministry experience? Some leaders renounce that statement, saying that we are only as lonely as we  choose to be, and that being a senior level leader does not mean we have…

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DestinyEncouragement for church leadersExcellenceGriefHonorPerspective

Your funeral script

By Chris Jackson
February 15, 2011
1 Mins read
Image via Wikipedia While traveling through Europe the summer after my high school graduation I made an interesting observation about many of the ancient cathedrals–their walls were often adorned with the likenesses of human skulls. Although a Pirates of the Caribbean skull-laden decor is the last look I would want in…
Encouragement for associate level leadersEncouragement for church leadersExcellence

The world's greatest job (message to pastors and ministry leaders)

By Chris Jackson
January 25, 2011
3 Mins read
Do you like being in the ministry? Is it the greatest job you could ever imagine having, or is it vastly different from what you expected? Does it routinely bring life to your soul, or is it slowly crushing the life out of you and your loved ones? You’re probably as…
DestinyEncouragement for associate level leadersEncouragement for church leadersExcellencePerspective

The flip side of your gifts and talents

By Chris Jackson
January 21, 2011
1 Mins read
Your strengths, gifts, and talents–all of the things that make you well-suited for your particular calling–have a flip side to them. And it’s crucial that we understand it because just as our gifts can bring us success, their flip side can be our undoing. On the one hand they make…
DestinyEncouragement for church leadersExcellenceFitness

The best you'll always see

By Chris Jackson
December 1, 2010
1 Mins read
Recently, upon watching Kobe Bryant artfully complete an improbable jump shot, a commentator exclaimed, “Folks, that’s the best you’ll ever see!” And then his partner jumped in to add, “And, folks, that’s the best you’ll ALWAYS see.” When I heard those words they ignited something deep inside me, and I…
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