http://www.leadershipletters.com Bringing glory to Jesus by helping Christians to be better leaders in the home, church, school and workplace. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:55:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our last Letter looked at the first, and most important, element of transformational thinking: looking at God. Biblically, knowing the Lord Jesus is the gift from God of an inward experience of fellowship with Him, by His Spirit and through His Word, which results in the transformation of every aspect ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2010/02/27/transformational-thinking-looking-at-god-2/ The first element of transformational thinking is looking at God. The continuous experience of inward union with Christ is the source and center of all other healthy thinking behaviors. I want to know Christ… (Phil. 3:10) This was Paul’s cry, his passionate pursuit. To know the Lord Jesus is the greatest prize, ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2009/12/14/looking-at-god-1/ This Letter introduces a new model of transformational thinking. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. (Mark 12:30) To “love God with all your mind” means to fully explore and use the thinking capacities He ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2009/11/13/loving-god-with-our-minds/ God’s ultimate purpose in all things revolves around His Son: having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2009/10/14/truly-christ-centered-leader-development/ In our last Letter, we looked at the goal of leader development – we must build healthy leaders. There are five key attributes of a healthy leader: Christ. Community. Character. Calling. Competencies. Thus, a healthy Christian leader is a man or woman who knows God, was formed and lives in supportive and accountable community, has strong ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2009/09/14/the-four-dynamics-of-transformation/ An effective leader possesses a blend of three special elements: Vision. In Christian circles, we could also call this “Calling.” Character. Competence. All three elements are found in the description of King David in Psalm 78: He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens; from tending the sheep he brought him ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2009/08/24/the-5cs-of-the-healthy-leader/ In our last Letter, we saw that self-giving love is at the core of healthy Christian leadership. For the healthy leader, the “fundamental focus shifts from what we need and from what others should be doing for us to what we can do to serve them… [This] is the very ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2009/06/26/does-the-leader-need-help-or-give-help/ In our last Letters, we looked at the relationship between Christ and Community in the leader’s life: Christ builds Community, and Community builds Christ. First, “Christ builds Community” means the leader’s union with Christ will be expressed in the leader living together with others in the Community in self-giving love, in ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2009/05/18/the-centrality-of-the-cross-in-christian-leadership/ In our last Letter, we looked at the relationship between Christ and Community and the implications of this relationship for leader development. In the New Testament, there is a very close relationship between the church and the leader’s maturing union with Christ. This relationship can be expressed in two fundamental ways: ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2009/03/22/christ-builds-community-community-builds-christ-2/ In the western church, Christianity is largely understood as an individual thing – a personal transaction between the individual and God. Consequently, leader development is also understood, largely, in individual terms – the individual learns and grows in an essentially individualized learning environment and then, once qualified, he performs his ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2009/01/28/christ-builds-community-community-builds-christ-1/