by Dennis Bickers | Aug 19, 2013 | Opinion
Leadership guru Max De Pree is well known for stating that the first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. As one who has spent a lifetime providing leadership to smaller churches, I want to define the reality that many of them are facing. In my opinion,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 16, 2013 | Opinion
Campbell University held its faculty orientation August 15, and change was in the air. The new School of Osteopathic Medicine has opened, for one thing, to much fanfare. The afternoon session was held in one of the two high-tech 200-seat classrooms in the new...
by Larry McSwain | Aug 16, 2013 | Opinion
There is a mantra I hear often from my generation of church leaders. It gets voiced loudly by pastor search committees, nominating committees and church organizations committed to a mission of embodying “God’s new order of the Spirit” (Mark 1:11)....
by Greg Mamula | Aug 16, 2013 | Opinion
I like the stories of the ancient Greek pantheon of gods. Their stories are always less godlike and usually way too human, with problems of lust, envy, jealousy and revenge. They can be tricked, lied to and make deals. They are fickle at best. Even in their most...
by Larry Greenfield | Aug 16, 2013 | Opinion
It’s pretty typical for Americans to think we’re number one, especially when it comes to wealth. But we’re not. In terms of income per person, we rank behind Norway, Luxembourg, Singapore, Switzerland and Hong Kong. I suppose, still, that we can take...
by Naomi King Walker | Aug 15, 2013 | Opinion
During seminary, around 1990, I served a Louisville, Ky., church as associate minister of music. In addition, I had some children’s ministry responsibilities that included assisting our on-the-ball children’s Sunday school department director with her...
