Spiritual Influence: The Hidden Power Behind Leadership by Mel Lawrenz (Zondervan, 2012). Hardcover. 212 Pages. ISBN 978-0310492702 “If you are in a position of positive influence, if you exercise leadership in any way, your faith in God gives you a power—a hidden power—that will allow you to make an enduring difference in the lives of other […]
Since influence is all about people, it only makes sense to explore the dynamics of our spiritual influence with other people. “Circles of Influence” is a simple method anyone can use to take a few weeks and discover how to deepen one’s influence with friends, colleagues, or co-workers. “Circles of Influence” is an excellent team-building
There is an exciting movement today in which people from all walks of life are trying to have a deeper and more enduring influence in their work and relationships. We are all influencers, and we are all being influenced all the time–so, how can that influence be good and lasting? And how does the spiritual dimension
And I asked “why, why, why, oh God? Why did it have to be only my sister who was killed on the patrol that day?” -20-year-old female American soldier speaking at her twin sister’s funeral. It is the mystery that always seems to move further from our reach the more we reach out for an
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[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] The biblical concept of the mind points to an amazing dignity and power of human experience.
[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] When we relate the pieces of life back to God as source, and believe that the pieces are there for him and his purposes, we can see the sense in it all. Regarding the human race, broken into so
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[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
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[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] All the kings horses and all the kings men, couldn’t put Humpty together again. -Nursery Rhyme Life would be easier, wouldn’t it, if all its pieces held together. If they always made sense. If nothing ever broke off. If
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[To listen to this audio interview, click the Play button in the photo above. If you are using an older browser, the audio controls may not appear. In that case, you may download the audio (instructions below).] Part 5 of an interview with Elmbrook Church’s former Senior Pastor and current Minister-at-Large, Stuart Briscoe, in which
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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
[To listen to this audio interview, click the Play button in the photo above. If you are using an older browser, the audio controls may not appear. In that case, you may download the audio (instructions below).] Part 4 of an interview with Elmbrook Church’s former Senior Pastor and current Minister-at-Large, Stuart Briscoe, in which
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[To listen to this audio interview, click the Play button in the photo above. If you are using an older browser, the audio controls may not appear. In that case, you may download the audio (instructions below).] Part 3 of an interview with Elmbrook Church’s former Senior Pastor and current Minister-at-Large, Stuart Briscoe, in which
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[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] Against the gray clouds and darkness across the human race stands one distinctive life-a brilliant, even blinding light. Jesus the Messiah, called many things, is also known uniquely as “him who had no sin” (2 Corinthians 5:21). Because the
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[To listen to this audio interview, click the Play button in the photo above. If you are using an older browser, the audio controls may not appear. In that case, you may download the audio (instructions below).] Part 2 of an interview with Elmbrook Church’s former Senior Pastor and current Minister-at-Large, Stuart Briscoe, in which
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[To listen to this audio interview, click the Play button in the photo above. If you are using an older browser, the audio controls may not appear. In that case, right click on the links at the bottom of this post to download the files to your computer.] Part 1 of an interview with Elmbrook
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