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5 Crucial Questions on the State of Leadership
A self-test, plus journal entries on loons, Iraq, and G.K. Chesterton.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
September 3, 2007
Why Must We Always Criticize?
The tension between honesty, contentment, and encouragement.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
August 6, 2007
When Things Get Ugly
What's a leader to do when followers are revolting?
by Gordon MacDonald
Leadership Journal, Spring 2007
Healthier Volunteers
What hospitals can teach us about appreciating our unpaid workers (and other thoughts from my journal).
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
July 9, 2007
Dodger Heaven
Baseball, hot dogs, and an afternoon with my dad was a foretaste of glory divine.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
June 4, 2007
Risking a Foggy Road
The reason to forge ahead when your spiritual work becomes drudgery.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
May 7, 2007
Dangers of Missionalism
Even the best causes can become cold, prideful, and all-consuming.
by Gordon MacDonald
Leadership Journal, Winter 2007
On Fords and Faithfulness
What my unreliable old car taught me about myself.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
April 9, 2007
2008 Questions
What I really want to know from the candidates before I make my choice.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
March 5, 2007
Earth: Love It or Leave It
Conflicting strategies for saving the planet (and its inhabitants).
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
February 5, 2007
Real Christian Behavior
How God uses sheep from outside this fold.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
January 8, 2007
What's In a (Church) Name?
Our historic church finds renewed meaning in a new name (and in the slow process of changing it).
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
December 4, 2006
When Leaders Implode
Ted Haggard, self-destruction, and the consequences we all suffer.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
November 6, 2006
Preventing the End of the World
A pastor's perspective on the Clinton Global Initiative Conference.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
October 9, 2006
One-Raspberry Holocaust
New gifts from the death camps, plus a new book on quitting church to follow Jesus.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
September 1, 2006
Exercises in Patience
What I'm learning from airlines, C.S. Lewis, and war.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
August 7, 2006
Overhaulin'
Gordon MacDonald on rest for the high mileage believer.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
July 3, 2006
Construction Zone
Life in the slow lane may be God's intention for us after all.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
June 5, 2006
Redefining Heroes
Gordon MacDonald on the elderly, his recent trip to South Korea, and becoming a foot-washer.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
May 8, 2006
Put on an Unhappy Face
There are lessons in lingering in your discouragement.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
April 3, 2006
Come-from-behind Wins
Thoughts on hot-dogging, second chances, and Olympic-size opportunities.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
March 6, 2006
Expanding Your Bandwidth
When am I too old for effective ministry across the generations?
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
February 6, 2006
Imago Me
Creating Jesus in our own image, and other thoughts from my journal.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
January 2, 2006
Hearing Voices
How blue tooth technology has me connecting on a spiritual plane.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
December 5, 2005
Cultivating the Soul
Spiritual formation can happen, without saying a word.
by Gordon MacDonald
Leadership Journal, Summer 2005
Resolutions or Prayer
Two roads to greatness, and other observations from Gordon MacDonald's journal.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
November 7, 2005
Six Words to Live By
Present insights from my journals and readings.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
October 3, 2005
The Preacher's 8-second Delay
In the pulpit and out, if only we could delete poorly chosen words.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
September 5, 2005
The Preacher's 8-second Delay
In the pulpit and out, if only we could delete poorly chosen words.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
September 5, 2005
Downsize Me!
Lessons in simplicity from Gordon's journal (plus his summer reading list).
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
August 1, 2005
A Halftime Calling for Ordinary Folks
And more gleanings from Gordon's journals.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
July 4, 2005
Slow Faith in the Fast Lane
The applied advice of Mister Rogers, and other observations from Gordon's journal.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
June 6, 2005
Luminosity and Miss McCall
Some memories from my childhood still shine today, for good reason.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
May 2, 2005
Ending Leadership Erosion
Pastoral conservation and more fresh observations from Gordon's personal journals.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
April 4, 2005
Emergency Instructions
Urgent messages must sound urgent, and other entries from Gordon's journal.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
March 7, 2005
Kids, Dogs, and Real-World Words
Preaching that even children take to heart employs words simple and deep.
Plus other journal entries from Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
February 7, 2005
Thickburgers and Thin Sermons
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
January 3, 2005
The Discipline of Success
What productive leaders can learn from the four-minute mile.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
May 4, 2004
Making Your Life's Work Count
What Abner Peet's trunk says about preaching, life, and doing something worthwhile.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
April 6, 2004
Gordon MacDonald on Divine Interruptions
Do you approve the minutes of the meetings God arranges for you?
Gordon MacDonald
Leadership Journal, Winter 2004
Courage in the Face of Helplessness
Clippings from the MacDonald Files.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
March 2, 2004
Religious Complexity Produces Shallow Faith
A.W. Tozer and other wisdom from The MacDonald Files.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
February 3, 2004
On Making It to the Hall of Fame
Gleanings from The MacDonald Files.
by Gordon MacDonald, editor at large
January 6, 2004
Leader's Insight: Christians Talk Too Much
From the MacDonald Files
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
December 2, 2003
Leader's Insight: Parting Words for Worshipers
And other gleanings from the MacDonald Files.
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large
November 4, 2003
If Paul Had PowerPoint
Without Windows NT, is it a wonder the gospel ever escaped Jerusalem?
by Gordon MacDonald, editor at large
October 8, 2003
What's to Become of Slacker Tom?
The kid is self-absorbed and directionless. I don't like him. Does he have a future as a leader?
by Gordon MacDonald
Leadership Journal, Summer 2003
The Monday Morning Question
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor-at-large
September 2, 2003
Preserving My Unedited Thoughts
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor-at-large
August 12, 2003
Corked Bats, Corked Souls
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor-at-large
July 8, 2003
Losing (And Gaining) Face
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor-at-large
June 3, 2003
Why Gordon Is Conflicted
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor-at-large
May 6, 2003
Busyness, Despair, and Motivation
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor-at-large
April 1, 2003
7 Questions for Weighing War
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor-at-large
March 6, 2003
The MacDonald Files
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor-at-large
February 6, 2003
My Brother's Keeper's SUV
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor-at-large
January 9, 2003
The MacDonald Files
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor-at-large
December 5, 2002
Can I Get Peace And Quiet?
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor-at-large
November 7, 2002
The MacDonald Files
by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor-at-large
October 10, 2002
One Last Thought
by Gordon MacDonald
Fall 2001
One Last Thought
by Gordon MacDonald
Summer 2001
Counterintuitive Conviction
What really changes history
by Gordon MacDonald
January 12, 2000
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