The Paradox of Spiritual Leadership

The Paradox of Spiritual Leadership

Leadership experts consistently advise aspiring leaders to maximize their strengths in order to become effective leaders. Efforts to overcome one’s weaknesses are commendable. However, overcoming weaknesses does not make one a better leader, because weaknesses cannot...
Listening

Listening

Leadership is “influence.” Leadership is also “communication.” Those who cannot communicate have no chance to exert influence. Great leaders throughout history—such as Churchill, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.—all possessed an outstanding command of language. In...
Honest and Fair Distribution of Food

Honest and Fair Distribution of Food

New Life for All  (Nigeria) worked hard to carefully select the beneficiaries of our relief effort and fairly distributed the food to the victims of the riots.  The beneficiaries are happy and grateful.  Please see the photos:
Fall 2023-7 Reflecting on My West Africa Ministry

Fall 2023-7 Reflecting on My West Africa Ministry

Dear Friends, While in Ivory Coast, I had dinner with the current and previous Chairs of the Evangelical Federation of Ivory Coast and the President of the Lutheran denomination. While we were discussing widespread leadership problems, the current Chair said he would...