Understanding the diversity of our gifts enables us to begin taking the crucial step of trusting each other.

To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.

We can choose to see life as a series of trials and tribulations, or we can choose to see life as an accumulation of treasures.

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.

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.

Understanding the diversity of our gifts enables us to begin taking the crucial step of trusting each other.