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The Painful Side of Leadership: Moving Forward Even When It Hurts is unavailable, but you can change that!

Christian leadership is often likened to the peaceful image of a shepherd leading his sheep. But the truth is that sheep tend to wander toward trouble, and shepherds don’t always handle the challenges of their job with grace and ease. The Painful Side of Leadership encourages and equips Christian leaders with biblical insights to better manage painful ministry circumstances, relationships, and...

Other disciplines are important for leaders—Scripture memory, fasting, and solitude to name a few. All of these are important to maintaining a vibrant spiritual life prepared to handle the painful side of leadership. Why the focus here on daily Bible reading, daily prayer, and Sabbath rest? Because these are the first casualties of an overcommitted life and the foundation on which the other disciplines are built. When leaders are not regularly reading the Bible, praying, and resting, it is unlikely