What Are You Facing?
Leadership rarely arrives as a chapter title. It arrives as a situation.
Choose the issue closest to what you are facing, and explore Gospel stories that may help you slow down, observe how Jesus responded, and reflect more carefully on your own situation.
- I am facing a difficult decision
- I am unsure whether an opportunity fits the mission
- I feel pressure to act quickly
- I am dealing with too many demands
- I am struggling with an interruption
- I need to confront someone
- I am unsure whether to speak or remain silent
- I need to delegate
- I am carrying too much responsibility myself
- Someone has failed me
- I am trying to restore someone after failure
- I am dealing with ambition or competition
- I am struggling with authority or control
- Someone is challenging my authority
- I am dealing with criticism or opposition
- My organization may be drifting from its purpose
- I am dealing with a rule or tradition that may no longer serve its purpose
- I am dealing with someone others overlook or dismiss
- I am facing a boundary between people or groups
- I am dealing with grief or disappointment
- I am facing betrayal
- The mission is becoming personally costly
- I am struggling to forgive
- I am not sure when to withdraw or step away
- I am trying to develop someone else as a leader
This is a guide into Scripture, not a decision tool. Each issue points to Gospel stories worth studying — it does not say what Jesus would do in your situation.