History can't be left to fend for itself. For when it comes to history and beliefs and values, we turn our future on the lathe of the past.

We can go through anything because Jesus goes before us.

Change without continuity is chaos. Continuity without change is sloth-and very risky.

When we think about the people with whom we work, people on whom we depend, we can see that without each individual, we are not going to go very far as a group. By ourselves, we suffer serious limitations. Together we can be something wonderful.

If you want the best things to happen in corporate life you have to find ways to be hospitable to the unusual person. You don't get innovation as a democratic process. You almost get it as an anti-democratic process. Certainly you get it as an antithetical process, so you have to have an environment where the body of people are really amenable to change and can deal with the conflicts that arise out of change an innovation.

The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?

When trust permeates a ministry, great things are possible, not the least of which is an opportunity to reach the ministry's potential.