Photo by Bhumil Chheda on Unsplash As I prepared my heart for our shore excursion to ancient Ephesus this morning with Celebrity Cruise Lines I read the Book of Ephesians. What is God’s plan and purpose?  God’s plan is at the right time to bring everything together under the authority...

Steward leaders are entrusted by God with time, treasure, talent, and relationships. Of these good gifts, relationships are the most precious. Nowhere is this more true than in the context of institutions like the family, church, government, neighborhoods and organizations. It is important that CEOs embrace the final responsibility for...

Steward leaders are entrusted by God with time, treasure, talent, and relationships. Of these good gifts, relationships are the most precious. Nowhere is this more true than in the context of institutions like the family, church, government, neighborhoods and organizations. It is important that CEOs embrace the final responsibility for...

Years ago, I accepted the call of the Lord to lead a large Christian school in Indiana. My first year as head of school, I led up and suggested to the board chair (also founder of the school 30 years earlier) that we go on a board retreat together. He...

The title of this blog post seems self-contradictory. Recently I’ve come to discover it is not. Here’s my quick story. For the last five months I have been training hard to be part of a small team of people to climb Mount Baker in Washington state, as part of a...

My son and I are working together to found Lakeside. Christian Academy (LCA) in Lexington, SC. I have studied and read a lot about leadership through the years, and I believe the most biblical leadership theory is steward leadership. I have read very little about leadership during the founder era....

Abraham, the father of Isaac and grandfather of Jacob (Israel) was a hero of the faith and walked closely with God. The twelve tribes of Israel emerged from Jacob who was renamed Israel by God. Jesus Christ was a descendent of the tribe of Judah. The story of Jesus and...

“The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.” Psalm 37:23 As Christian leaders we do our best to spend time in prayer and the Word of God so that we can walk by faith. As human beings, we can be disappointed when...