Prescriptions for Bureaucracy
Nobody wants to lead a bureaucratic mess of an organization. How do you know when you are slouching toward bureaucracy and what can you do…
Category: Musings
Reading List for a Church Missions Leader
So, you are the newly appointed Missions Pastor, Global Missions Team Leader, or other influencer in the local church. What do you read? Here is…
Read More
I read a ton of books. Probably too many. Here are a few ideas that I use that might help you to jump start your…
We Are All Newbies Now
I was reading Kevin Kelly’s book, The Inevitable, in preparation for this month’s Leader’s Edge. There are many good ideas in the book, b…
Have a Happy Ambient Christmas
by Ted Esler I have visited many Muslim cultures around Christmas and sometimes I am shocked to see just how much “Santa” can be present.…
Killer App for Outreach
by Ted Esler What if I told you I knew of a way to communicate the Gospel that far outpaces anything we have come up with…
Crying in My Beer
by Ted Esler A joke that I have told many times comes to mind whenever controversial topics are discussed (in fact, my wife rolls her…
Retro-Revolutionary Missiology
by Ted Esler One of the dominant themes that emerged from from my doctoral research was that Jesus’ teaching went in two directions at the…
Institutionalization as the Enemy
by Ted Esler Institutionalization is a process that affects all organizations as they grow. It doesn’t matter if it’s a church, a business or a…
Conference Afterglow
by Ted Esler The 2016 Mission Leaders Conference is in the rear view window. I am on the airplane heading home with a stack of…