The L/T ratio is a critical marker for the success of a leader.
If we listen more than we talk, we hear a road map about how to lead the teammate with love. One chat does not fit all.
Every member of our team talks about a project or work in different ways while sending unique signals. Love leaders listen for the line between the lines.
The question in my mind should be “What do I need to hear from this person?” The weaker question is…
(Screenshot: Church for Black Men)Church for Black Men founder and Black Lives Matter activist, Jomo Kenyatta Johnson, 37.
Spurning what he describes as a culture of “greed” in the American church and the inability of evangelical congregations to translate “black suffering,” Jomo Kenyatta Johnson, a young minister from Savannah, Georgia, says God has led him to create a new denomination called Church for Black Men that will not collect tithes and offerings — ever.
“We will address black suffering. We will be a non-501c3 … meaning the movement will be able to speak freely and engage in politics as they see fit.
“We won’t be tax exempt, meaning that we can endorse a candidate. We can speak out against a candidate, we can speak up or advocate for particular political issues that we believe lead to black suffering or will stop black suffering. We plan to be a socially and politically active church,” Johnson, 37, told The Christian Post Tuesday.
The new denomination, which will officially launch on Feb. 4, 2018, expects to use house churches consisting of no more than 25 members each to spread the Gospel and unapologetically address issues of black suffering, which Johnson believes is not properly translated in corporate church culture.
New Tax Bill Will Not Repeal Johnson Amendment After All
Language in the federal tax overhaul bill that would have ended the IRS regulation of barring churches from endorsing political candidates has been removed from the bill.
The measure, called the Johnson Amendment, was removed from the tax overhaul bill because it “did not meet Senate rules that require elements of the tax bill to have something to do with the budget.”
The Johnson Amendment was first introduced in 1954 by then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson. The amendment said the IRS could prohibit churches and other nonprofits from endorsing political candidates.
In the 2016 election season, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to repeal the amendment.
“I think maybe that will be my greatest contribution to Christianity — and other religions — is to allow you, when you talk religious liberty, to go and speak openly, and if you like somebody or want somebody to represent you, you should have the right to do it,” said Trump at a June 2016 gathering of about 900 evangelical leaders and pastors.
Then as president, Trump signed an executive order calling for the end of the Johnson Amendment.
The House of Representatives then added a provision that repealed the amendment in their version of the tax bill.
“This is a huge win, and we should take a moment to celebrate. But then we have to get back to fighting to protect the Johnson Amendment,” said the group…
A recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, the Jedi faith says its adherents believe in peace, justice, love, learning and benevolence and assure the world it’s unlikely its faith conflicts with other beliefs and traditions. (NeuPaddy/Pixabay/Public Domain)
You’ve heard about converting to Judaism. But Jediisim?
It’s one more “ism” in a word of “isms.” And it shows just how far religion has strayed from its true purpose.
Hold that thought. Let’s explore the world of the latest religious fad…
Christian Singer Carman Gets Married in ‘Real Miracle Story’
Well-known Christian singer Carman Licciardello, known simply by his stage name “Carman,” recently tied the knot in what he called a “miracle story.”
Carman has achieved a lot of success in his music career. He has sold over 10 million records and has received 15 gold and platinum albums and videos. He has also been in a film and has hosted programs for Trinity Broadcasting Network.
But in the midst of his successful career, in 2013 Carman was diagnosed with cancer and given only a few months to live.
He remained committed to his faith and his fans through this trial, and miraculously, in 2014 doctors said he was cancer-free.
The 61-year-old is praising God not only for his health, but for crafting a beautiful love story for him.
In a recent Facebook post of himself with his new bride, he wrote:
“JUST MARRIED SAT: Dec 16th
It’s been a long time coming but Uncle Carm, the proverbial bachelor bit the dust tonight when I married the New Dana Licciardello in Dallas Texas. It’s a long day and a real miracle story that I’ll share all the details in the days and weeks to come…Today, I am 100% cancer free with a beautiful Godly wife and huge family…God has restored me in 100 ways and it’s only just beginning. I’ll tell you more later but for tonight I’m asking you to rejoice with this miracle God has done.”
Those sitting in the Lords have been urged to consider retirement as Baroness Evans of Bowes Park warned there was widespread concern about the size of the Lords and “what has been perceived as a never ending increase in numbers”.
Lord Evans pointed to fears about the impact of the House of Lords’ reputation of having more than 800 members and wants to reduce them to 600.
In a debate in which 100 speakers were due to have their say Bishop David argued against the idea of slashing bishops in the House, saying the number of bishops in the Lords had been fixed at 26 for almost two centuries.
“I think it’s fair to say that any problems of overcrowding experienced in the House are not generally caused by too many bishops filling the lobbies or blocking the gangways,” he said.
However, former Bishop of Oxford Lord Harries of Pentregarth said the size of the House did bring it into “disrepute” and reforms were urgently needed to give it “more credibility”.
As well as proposing the number of peers should be cut to 600 and then capped at that level, parties have been asked to sign up to a “two out, one in” system to hit the new level in just over a decade.
Under the committee’s recommendations, which would not require legislation, new peers would serve a maximum of 15 years and then retire.
One of the most beloved songs of the Christmas season, a favorite of choir directors, was written by a woman whose life was full of suffering.
“In the Bleak Midwinter” is considered by choirmasters as the world’s greatest Christmas carol, noted Liberty University professor Karen Swallow Prior, writing in The Gospel Coalition Saturday. But the lyrics of this song were not set to music until 12 years after the death of the poet who penned them.
Born to Italian parents in England, poet Christina Rossetti is the author of “A Christmas Carol,” which was later titled “In the Bleak Midwinter,” and was first published in 1872 in Scribner’s Monthly, an American journal. Rossetti grew up in a family that valued the arts, her father a scholar of Dante. Her two older brothers helped form the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an arts community comprised of English painters, poets, and critics, which was founded in 1848.
Prior noted in her essay that one of Rossetti’s brothers famously said his sister was “replete with the spirit of self-postponement.” Some critics of Rossetti have described her as a “nun of art.”
“Schooled at home by her Anglican mother, Rossetti declined two offers of marriage due to doctrinal scruples and remained single her entire life. She devoted herself to her family and her faith, ministering to former prostitutes and working with the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, as well as nurturing a vibrant inner life as a poet.”
Rosetti wrote to her brothers in 1888: “Beautiful, delightful, noble, memorable, as is the world you and yours frequent, I yet am…
Singer-songwriter Justin Bieber recently posted a personal note about Jesus Christ to the 95 million followers of his Instagram account. (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni)
Singer-songwriter Justin Bieber recently posted a personal note about Jesus Christ to the 95 million followers of his Instagram account.
The 23-year-old performer hand wrote a message in black marker on a white dry-erase board and then posted an image of the board for all his social media followers to see.
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