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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).

[Read more…] about Center-Out Leadership: A New Framework For the Church

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

“You are not to be like that.”

[Read more…] about 2 Ways We Get Leadership Wrong in the Church

Pastor and mental health advocate Jarrid Wilson died by suicide on Monday, and it has caused many people to painfully and soberly reflect on the realities of suicide and depression, as well as all the other mental health issues that are connected to suicide and depression.

As leaders, the way we think about and address these issues with people demands gracious and careful response and presence. To that end, our friends Kenneth Tanner and Chris Green recently posted some very helpful thoughts.

[Read more…] about How to Think and Talk About Suicide and Depression