Matt Tebbe

In a previous post, we talked about two pitfalls of leadership: Top-down, hierarchical leadership and Bottom-up, flat leadership. Each exists in an imaginative construct on opposite ends of a binary. Each sees power as a zero-sum game, a scarce resource either to hoard or disown.

In this unhelpful paradigm, power is abusive. We must limit it (checks and balances in top-down leadership) or actively work to mitigate against it (no one is in charge in bottom-up leadership).

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One of the simplest instructions Jesus gave his disciples came during the last supper before his crucifixion:

“You are not to be like that.”

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One of the skills we train people to practice in our coaching is compassionate curiosity about ourselves, God, and others in discipleship.

Cultivating a genuine curiosity at the core of our being is vital if we want to grow and mature as followers of Jesus. Without curiosity, we become rigid ideologues seeking data to confirm our existing biases. Without curiosity, we cannot grow as disciples of Jesus.

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Recently we did a webinar on How to Preach For Discipleship and Mission.

One of the keys to preaching that empowers discipleship and mission is to preach to the imagination, not only the the intellect.

In our interactions with people about this, one of the most common questions we’ve heard is, “How do I do this? What does preaching to the imagination actually look like?”

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