Tim King Leadership

Ruminating in the rabbit warrens of my mind. I am still thinking about the scripture that talks about the renewing of our mind.(Romans 12:2) When I was young, we Pentecostals would remove our minds from situations, saying rather "that the Holy Spirit will reveal all things to us", so in essence thinking was an optional extra. I for one, have never really been comfortable with this process and would rather believe that the Holy Spirit would guide and lead my thinking and be part of the thought process, not distinct from it. This last weekend I was reading the Saturday morning newspaper, when I came across an article that talked of   researches at two universities who have found that meditation and mindfulness can be very dangerous for our well being. This in contrast is completely opposite to what the advocates of meditation say. The researches explained that by emptying the mind and setting the mind to think of just one thing resulted in increased stress levels...

The Leader and the Kiwi bird. Earlier this week I was meditating on the scripture from Isaiah 40:31                 They that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength,                 they will soar on wings like eagles;                 They will run and not grow weary,                 They will walk and not faint.  In line with this,- as you tend to do when you are meditating and you end up going down various rabbit warrens in your mind, I began to think about the renewing of your mind and what it (your mind) is there for.   Romans 12:2                 Do not conform any longer ...

Here is another extract from my new book that I am working on enjoy and please feel free to comment. Generating those small victories. Large, significant changes take time, sometimes a lot of time. Those people that are working through these changes can become despondent if they do not see progress or results within the strategic vision plan that has been presented to them. Therefore it is vital to set up short term wins. A number of years ago when I took over the running of a Bible College, it had lost 55% of its government funding. It could no longer afford the rental for the property it was in, the Principal had resigned and the new Principal was only contracted for one day a week, the rest of his time he dedicated to his pastorate. The finances were not in a good place and many of its stakeholders had stopped giving their financial support. The student numbers were very low with only three being accepted for the new college year. Because of my business background I...

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Here is an extract from my next book;  I am looking at the idea of what is good relational leadership and how this will help us restructure or re-engineer a change process in a church. Enjoy and please feel free to comment.  The management of pastoral ministry verses the senior leadership paradox. Over the last few centuries the church has produced literally thousands upon thousands of Pastors. People who look after the flock, control the finances, organise meetings, people who control the ebb and flow of church life and solve every problem. Pastors are the people who maintain and manage the stability and consistency needed in the church. Over the last twenty years there has been a great deal of talk about leadership but little emphasis however has been put on good relational leadership.   Leadership is in fact the thing that created the organisation in the first place. Leadership establishes direction, puts the right people in the right place for the righ...

Revelation, Reaction and Relationship. Over the last few weeks I have been thinking about the experience of change. How people process change in their lives and how they ensure that change sticks, rather than revert to the same old same old. As a Christian leader I believe that change is seasonal. That God takes us through different seasons of our   lives and ministry cannot be in doubt. It is a time of frustration but also a time of blessing as we learn to hear and experience   what the Holy Spirit is saying to us. A new season always begins with a revelation. For Moses it was the burning bush, yet for his ancestor Joseph it was dreams that resulted at first in being thrown into a pit before being sold into slavery. In the New Testament for Saul it was the road to Damascus where Jesus made his presence known and set Paul on the road to great things. With revelation comes reaction, sometimes good, sometimes bad. Sometimes it is physical at others it is spi...