It was a talk seemingly like any other but then…what was he asking us to do…to stand up and close our eyes? Now this was different!

The speaker had grabbed our attention, and I was eager to find out why we were doing this.

He asked us to point in the direction that we thought was North. He then asked us to open our eyes, and, yes, you guessed it, we were all pointing in different directions.

We all sat down and he pointed to where North was and then asked us to stand up, close our eyes, and point North. This time, of course, when we opened our eyes everyone was pointing in the same direction.

This little exercise was a real eye opener (forgive the pun).

How can church leaders expect those in their care to be going in the same direction if … Read more »

Daniel Pink in his book Drive examines this subject in detail and his findings may be surprising to many.

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Autonomy, mastery, purpose.

The church has never been the best payers – but our motivation, serving God, is the highest calibre.