Leading and Learning with David Spell

Are you happy with the culture in your church or organization? Is it a healthy future? In this episode, David gives some great tips for creating and cultivating a healthy culture in your church, business, or organization.

This episode was recorded right before Easter. David shares how Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus saved Easter for all of us. It is amazing how God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things!

David shares some insight from a recent teaching that Phil Pringle delivered on leadership. There are four primary functions that every leader has. Understanding these will help every leader to be more effective.

Blogging continues to be a great way to get your message out to a wider audience. David gives some great advice for both new and old bloggers. He has almost seven years of consistently posting new content several times a week. Should you start a blog?

David and Annie served as missionaries in Brazil from 2012 until 2017. David was the Executive Pastor at C3 Church Curitiba. He also worked closely with the other two C3 Churches in Brazil. In this episode, he shares a few of the things he learned from serving as a pastor in another country.

In the last several episodes, we have talked about the three P's: People, Process, and Product. Every area of our church or business can be evaluated through one of these filters. Today, David gives some helpful tips for putting it all together.

In the previous two episodes, we talked about People and Processes. The third important ingredient to building a great church is our Product. What is it that we are offering? In reality, most churches offer very similar things. If that is the case, why is that some churches are thriving and others are not?

How are your processes and systems working? As Andy Stanley says, "Our results are directly related to our systems." In other words, we are getting the exact results that our processes are designed for. So, if we are not happy with our results, what can we do to create better systems?

For any leader, in any kind of organization, our people are our greatest resource. In this episode, David talks about creating a great team that will help us build a great church. In the church, everything that we do revolves around people. This is the first of three special episodes.

What is the Holy Spirit's ministry in our lives? What does he actually do? How does he help us in our day-to-day living. David gives a great analogy of the Holy Spirit as our personal trainer in life. We need to know how the Holy Spirit is working behind the scenes of our lives. David shows us how in this episode!

Did Jesus meditate? Many New Age teachers would have us to believe that Jesus practiced transcendental meditation. The New Testament makes it clear that Jesus did practice a type of meditation that we would do well to emulate!

David gives some great advice for new leaders. It can be a bit overwhelming at first when you find yourself in a new supervisory or managerial position. David shares from his own experience about how to make the transition into your new role.

Middle Managers are often overlooked in any discussion on leadership. In reality, middle managers play a crucial leadership role in any organization. David discusses the importance of these important managers and leaders.

Clarity is one of the areas of leadership that is not emphasized as much as some of the others. However, as David discusses, clarity is one of the most important aspects of leadership. If the leader does not bring clarity to his team and his organization, they are not going get very far down the road.

We hear the term "best practices" used in the business arena all the time. But what about Christianity? What are the best practices that will help us grow and mature in our faith? David examines several of these in this week's episode.

Have you ever gotten frustrated trying to accomplish your New Year's Resolutions or bogged down trying to start new habits? Do you ever wish you could make more progress in accomplishing your goals? David gives some excellent, practical advice to help you set and accomplish your goals this next year.

Christmas is a great time to reflect on our faith. It is also a great time to explore our faith and dig into the Scriptures. The Christmas story is a must-read but what about some of the Old Testament prophecies that pointed to Jesus? Why not make them a part of your Christmas reading this year. David examines several of these prophecies that Matthew records in his Gospel.

For many people, the Christmas Season can be a sad and depressing time. It does not have to be that way. David shares some practical tips on how you can avoid the Christmas blues. Learn how to beat the blues this Holiday Season!

God doesn't just ask us to believe things we can't see. He also often requires us to obey when do not have all the answers or understand everything. David shares a great story about a couple who trusted God when the bottom fell out of their lives.

Like most people, I have worked for some great supervisors and leaders and also worked for some really bad ones. I think that I learned more about leadership from the bad ones than the good ones. Here are a few of those leadership lessons.

David gives us a chapter from his newest book, New Testament Snapshots. This book takes us behind the scenes into the lives of eleven of the New Testament's lesser known characters. They still have so much to teach us!

It is important to have a check list of what to look for when looking for a new fitness center or a new church. There are more similarities than you might think. David gives several tips on what to look for.

David gives the latest on what he and Annie are doing in Brazil. They are working as missionaries, based in the city of Curitiba. David updates on us on how the churches are doing there and lets in on a bit of news about the future!

Is it important for your Church or organization to have written job descriptions? Aren't those only for big churches and businesses? David gives several compelling reasons why you should have written job descriptions for your paid staff and for your volunteers. This is much more important than you might realize.

Most people naturally gravitate towards the comfortable and the safe. Those people do not change the world! The people that have the greatest impact are those people who are willing to push their fear and uncertainty aside and follow their big dreams.