Category: Monday Start

Noticing See Shane Parish’s review “The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders See.”  Find the review here. Multipliers Lately I have been listening to an excellent book “Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter.”  It is excellent!  You can find a summary (pdf) here. Don’t Miss This Golf pro Rory McIlroy  hits a… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week

The following are resources which I have read in the past week and found interesting. Communication Don’t miss this!  Kristi Hedges “Why Leaders are Poor Communicators.”  This is so true. Sometimes the worst communicators are leaders. Sobering In the New York Times Pranay Sinha has written an opinion piece entitled “Why Do Doctors Commit Suicide?”… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Church See Terry Rush’s post “Why Christians Struggle With the Church.” Relationships and church See Allan Stanglin’s excellent piece “Surprise” regarding Euodia and Syntyche.   How early believers dealt with their differences. Death Don’t miss this powerful post by Michele Cushatt “When It’s Time to Say Goodbye.” Time Don’t miss this excellent podcast by Michael… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Thankfulness See Paul Sohn’s list!  “Counting My Blessings: 100 things I’m Thankful For.”  Caused me to reflect on what I am grateful for. Meals See Coy Delistraty’s “The Importance of Eating Together.”  Some important words for so families regarding the importance of eating together. ESPYS See Stuart Scott’s ESPYS speech “Never Give Up.”  I love… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Reading I heard Laura Nichol Speak last week in Pittsburg at the meeting of The Association of Theological Schools.  She is a business consultant from Houston.  Excellent presentations.  This reading list is from the Rios Advisors website. Ebooks versus paper See this article which appeared in the Financial Times “Ebooks vs paper” by Julian Baggini.… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Burnout! Thom Rainer has written an important post regarding ministry and burnout.  See “Autopsy of a Burned Out Pastor: 13 Lessons.”  I suspect that any minister who has ever experienced burnout will relate to at least a portion of this post. Church You might read Skye Jethani’s thoughtful post “How Churches Became Cruise Ships.” Important… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Writing From Daily Blog Tips by Ali Luke: See “Top Resource: 100 Best Websites for Writers in 2014 from the Write Life.” Communication See Melanie Pinola’s article in Lifehacker, “Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills.” Dad See the article by Katherine Shaver (Washington Post) “Do Father’s Day Cards that portray dad as an incompetent… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Writing Words to avoid when writing.  (Globe and Mail) Feel-good story! Son keeps his promise to his dad and gives him a 1957 Chevy for his birthday. Church Thom Rainer has written a very good post “12 Reasons to be Optimistic About the Future of Local Congregations.” Resources Have you seen these resources?  Some very helpful… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week