Tag Leadership

Pastoral Leadership

I have written on this topic in the past and I continue to learn more and more each day about leadership.  Sometimes I learn by doing and sometimes it’s simply by observing other leaders and what they do, but more…

Lead Like Jesus

In the past, on this blog, I have written about different leadership styles and what it takes to be a leader.  There is no better leadership example for one who leads a Christian community then Jesus himself.  I think we…

The Future of the Church

Yesterday a few parishioners and I went on a sort of pilgrimage to St. Tikhon’s Monastery in Pennsylvania.  I have written about my experience at this monastery in the past so I will not go into a lot of history…

Courage in Leadership

One of the fundamental characteristics of a good leader, no, strike that, a great leader is courage. Of all the skills that leaders, especially leaders in the Church, need it is courage. We are faced with an unprecedented attack on…

Future of Orthodoxy in America

The Most Blessed JonahArchbishop of WashingtonMetropolitan of All America and Canada If you have been reading these pages you know that the Orthodox Church here in America is working toward what is being called Administrative Unity.  At present the Orthodox…

The Art of Listening

The very first line that St. Benedict wrote in his rule for monastics is “listen.” All of the literature on prayer instructs us that half of prayer is listening. When the priest faces the people before the reading of the…

Followers as Mirrors

What is the best way to gauge the effectiveness of our leadership? I would say it is how the people you lead follow you. There is a quote I heard somewhere, and for the life of me I cannot remember…

Leaders Take Responsibility

Not everyone lives under the same rules. Sometimes we hold people to a higher standard than others in all that they do and leaders would be included in this group. On November 2, 2011 Massachusetts Lt. Governor Timothy Murray was…

Church Leadership

When one thinks of the Orthodox Church one thinks of many things, worship, theology, etc. the term leadership is not one that springs to mind right away. Oh sure we have our share and have had our share of leaders…

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