Influence Project

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Influence tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] Today there are a hundred reasons to live superficially. It is the easy way. The convenient […]

This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] Spiritual leadership today means inviting people to follow by listening, watching, and imitating. Not that this

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] The best leaders are the best followers. Some of the most dangerous leaders are those who

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] There are major challenges to a wisdom-based leadership model today. In a time when we look

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] There are many variables in spiritual leadership. Some people are specially gifted in administration, others in

James 3:17 says: “But the wisdom that comes from heaven [lit.: “from above”] is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.” Like the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament, James offers precepts on life shaped by a divine wisdom. But, like Proverbs, this is

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] [Continued from “When Crisis Hits”] We must put out of our minds any feeling that

It has been thirteen weeks since we started a year-long study on renewing spiritual leadership today. If you are a follower of Christ and if you have influence in someone else’s life, you are in a position of spiritual leadership. Today we don’t need a handful of elites who claim to be “spiritual leaders.” We

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] Spiritual leadership is tested in the face of crisis. And crisis is the moment when spiritual leadership is most needed.

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] A parable… A man decided he’d like to go for a ride. As he pulled his

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] So if a leader is convinced: “I need to have integrity, I want to build

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] The highest currency leaders trade on is trust. If there is trust between a leader and

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] (As a follow up to last week’s post on spiritual leadership, Getting Through Tough Times, an

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] We don’t seem to use the word “perseverance” very often. Maybe it’s because it’s got the

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] In today’s world creativity is a higher and higher value in almost any enterprise. In business,