Reflecting on years of teaching young students, I am reminded of exercises captioned “Listen and do.” Might this be a simple, yet awfully mature, set of ancient instructions?
All tagged non-anxious
Anxiety and Its Antidote
Far more contagious than the coronavirus, anxiety is actively infecting our congregations and those who lead and serve them.
We Need a Ministry of Presence
What this person needed was someone to take the brunt of their anger, who would sit with them while they screamed.
Minister as Counterweight
Despite what many organizational leadership books suggest, leadership – especially ministry – is much more than just being a non-anxious presence.
Disturbing the Peace
Anxious leaderships do allow cranky souls to disturb the peace for those in ministry; too often those leaders are themselves the agitators.
Jonah and the Second Word of the Lord
I can’t help but wonder what it would look like to be someone who obeyed the first time the word of the Lord came to me.
Keep Calm and Carry On
Long before the "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters were so popular and parodied, Charlie Siburt was teaching us the importance of the non-anxious presence.
Leading in Anxious Times
Peter Steinke presents cogent wisdom to guide leaders to be non-anxious in the midst of all sorts of anxiety-producing realities that are found in churches today.