A leadership culture committed to being before doing slows down the discipleship process and radically shifts priorities. The conversations are different. So are the questions we ask. We become more reflective and now regularly ask ourselves, “Do I really want people to imitate the way I am living? In what areas of my life am I speaking of things I am not living?” These three statements summarize this be-before-you-do approach to ministry: 1. You cannot give what you do not possess. 2. What you do is important, but who you are is even more important. 3. The state you are in is the state you
...more
