Apr 6, 2020 | Alexandria District Lay Leader
Witness Beyond the Familiar (Part 2) In last month’s article, I highlighted that the church today must diversify in order to be relevant in our current landscape, that is, a mixed ecology. Here in Northern Virginia, we are blessed to have numerous examples of...
Feb 18, 2020 | Alexandria District Lay Leader
Witness Beyond the Familiar (Part 1) Being a leader in the church today requires a new imagination for what the church looks like and acts like … Can I get an Amen! Today’s complex and non-linear culture yields a multitude of new expressions of the Body of...
Jan 28, 2020 | Alexandria District Lay Leader, News & Info
Can I Fix It? OK, self-disclosure time – I know some of you are guilty of this! You are driving on an open road and you see a car stopped ahead on the side of the road and there are emergency lights nearby, do you slow down and gawk? I know some of you do, but in...
Nov 18, 2019 | Alexandria District Lay Leader, News & Info
OK … Let’s Talk! How many times have you heard those words? Was it a pleasant experience – as in spoken by your significant other … or, possibly a negative experience – coming from your supervisor? We have these preconceived ideas about how conversations...
Oct 15, 2019 | Alexandria District Lay Leader, News & Info
Leading Positive Change This month, I would like to focus on some thoughts and/or challenges from the “Lead Like Jesus (Revisited)” book (pp. 248-251) … as we continue ‘Moving Forward in God’s Mission.’ Leading lasting change requires understanding and addressing...
Sep 19, 2019 | Alexandria District Lay Leader, News & Info
Moving Forward – It Probably Involves Re-Calibration In my last Newsletter article, entitled “Moving Forward,” I wrote about ‘Moving Forward in God’s Mission’ and how we’ll be addressing that very concept during our individual Charge Conferences. Well, just last...
