When you get to the end will God say, "Well done," or, "What was up with that?"

If leaders don't have an antidote for fear they will be crushed by it. What is your antidote?

A leader's most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.

More than anything, people want the reality of the discussion at hand. If what is going on in that building is the real thing, if the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ is being experienced, you can sit on a metal folding chair or in a plush theater seat.

Leaders need to have a ruthless commitment to resolving relational conflict regardless of how bad it feels.

Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime.

Leadership requires a non-stop demand of fortitude from Day 1 to the end.