![The Extra Job in My Head The Extra Job in My Head](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/77441.jpg?h=168&w=300)
I was sitting in a meeting with my team when I found myself drifting off to my to-do list located smack dab in my head: the sheets need changing, the dog needs groomed, the chicken’s been thawed for two days and needs to be cooked before it goes bad. On and on and on. ...
![Four Questions to Ask When Complacency Calls Four Questions to Ask When Complacency Calls](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/77304.jpg?h=168&w=300)
My husband recently teased, "What are you freedom fighting this week?" I snickered, because we both know how my empathetic tendencies get ignited when bedlam wreaks havoc on our broken world, and within the people to which we minister. I want to always be ready to ...
![3 Reasons to Heed Limits in Your Leadership 3 Reasons to Heed Limits in Your Leadership](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/77234.jpg?h=168&w=300)
Recently I was pursuing an opportunity that I was really excited about. Not only was it something that I would enjoy, but also it would enable me to be closer to my family and be helpful to the future of The 4Sight Group. I started out cautiously optimist, and with each step ...
![Diminish the Power of Negative Circumstances Diminish the Power of Negative Circumstances](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/77130.jpg?h=168&w=300)
In 1955, Martin Luther King Jr. preached a sermon titled, “Looking Beyond Your Circumstances.” It was eight years before his “I Have a Dream” speech that would change America’s course. In this lesser-known sermon, Dr. King suggests that one of the ...
![To Fight Discouragement, Fan Your Flame To Fight Discouragement, Fan Your Flame](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/77123.jpg?h=168&w=300)
I finished delivering my sermon for the second service that Sunday, and headed back to my seat. Before I could sit down, church member Vicki grabbed me, hugged my neck tight, and whispered: “Woman, you were on fire today!”
I smiled and sat down, feeling exhausted, ...
![5 Tips for Staying in Leadership in Trying Times 5 Tips for Staying in Leadership in Trying Times](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/77076.jpg?h=168&w=300)
Amanda Berry Smith was a wife, mother, preacher, singer, and missionary in Liberia, Sierre Leone, and other parts of Africa. She was strong, gifted, and admired by many. She was considered a mighty warrior for God's kingdom and one clergyman, Marshall W. Taylor, even proclaimed ...
![Make Criticism Your Friend Make Criticism Your Friend](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/76931.jpg?h=168&w=300)
The higher we rise in leadership, the more we can expect there will be someone with a contrary opinion to criticize us. These opinions may come from a place of genuine concern, jealousy, or, most often, simply a different perspective. Sometimes it’s hard to know the motivation ...