Posts Tagged ‘The Focus Group’
Defining The “Main Thing” By R. Scott Rodin
The Importance of Knowing Your Main Thing “The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing” was a saying framed in the entry of a church I recently visited—good words, easy to say but hard to do. I’d propose that leaders’ first step is defining our ‘main thing.’ Perhaps it’s more accurate…
Read MoreThe Challenge We Share By R. Scott Rodin
The Common Challenges of Every Leader It may seem presumptuous to propose that there is one challenge to leadership that is so universally experienced that it is consistently at the top of the list of reasons leaders struggle and fail. But a recent experience has moved me deeply and convinced me that there may be…
Read MoreThe Path to Leadership Failure By R. Scott Rodin
Time to Assess if You Are on the Path to Failure Every day, we hear stories of leadership failure. Some are national in scope, some regional, some in our own communities. Whether it’s a moral failing, an ethical compromise, poor decision making or just pure burnout, it’s likely each of you reading this blog is…
Read MoreThe Myth of God Driven-ness By R. Scott Rodin
So what is driving your driven-ness? Perhaps today, it’s time to assess your God driven-ness and how you approach what you believe you are called to do. What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? All their days their work is grief and pain; even…
Read MoreHoly Week Perspective of Leadership By R. Scott Rodin
Three Moments for a Holy Week Reflection Amid this Holy Week, I invite you to listen to the words of Jesus in his High Priestly Prayer recorded in John 17. Before his final days leading to Calvary, Jesus prays to His Father on our behalf. Here are three reflections for us as leaders as we meditate on our Savior’s…
Read MorePrayer for Steward Leaders and Boards By R. Scott Rodin
An Exercise of Prayer for Steward Leaders and Steward Boards I grew up in a highly liturgical church, and I still love the planned intentionality of moving through prayer, reading, and response rituals. I love liturgy. We wrote a liturgy to support our Steward Declaration, and I hope you will consider using it as part…
Read MoreThe Steward Declaration By R. Scott Rodin
Tomorrow is the Launch of The Steward Declaration Tomorrow is the official launch of The Steward Declaration, and it comes to you with an invitation for you to take a stand. A Fiery Furnace Daniel’s chapter 3 has the familiar story of Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, and the fiery furnace. When this is often preached or…
Read MoreThe Investment of Time By R. Scott Rodin
An Eternal Perspective of Time Invested As we use these last days of 2021 to reflect on how we invested our time in 2021 and look ahead to all that the new year might bring, I want to encourage us to assess our lives, work, and moments in history from an eternal perspective. To help…
Read MoreThanks for Nothing! By R. Scott Rodin
When Jesus Gave Thanks for… Nothing! Giving thanks is a practice often found throughout the Bible. We are likely all familiar with the story of Jesus’ feeding of the 5,000. However, a short phrase embedded in the story is remarkable and challenging! When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he…
Read MoreFinding Jesus By R. Scott Rodin
Finding Jesus in Unexpected Places Imagine the scene with Jesus depicted for us in John 21. Six men are out fishing all night on the sea of Galilee. This is their domain, where they made their living for so many years before a dramatic event three years earlier pulled them away and set them on…
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