Tag: Loneliness

Crossroads

February 24, 2026 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Crossroads is a classic song written by Robert Johnson and performed by numerous artists.

Several have tried to explain the meaning of this song. The most revealing involves Johnson’s struggle with loneliness, especially connected to the desperation of finding his way home from an unfamiliar place.

Leadership can certainly be a lonely place. 

Leadership will also take us into unfamiliar places where desperation exists to find our way home.

The result brings us to a crossroads where we question our leadership. We are faced with making challenging decisions.

Spiritually, our life constantly faces crossroads. The decisions we make in those moments determine salvation or condemnation. Our leadership serves to help others at the crossroads of their life to make the right decisions and find their way home.

The Loneliness of Leading

December 2, 2021 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

One of the most frightening places to be is alone. The thought of dealing with stress, challenges, and trials alone is less than appealing.

Elijah stood on Mount Carmel in the power and glory of God, yet in the next chapter flees in fear at the threat of a wicked queen. While talking to God, he expresses the depression of being alone. Elijah needed to know God was there all along.

With the pressures in leadership, the weight of family responsibility (physical and spiritual), and the struggles that challenge our faith, we can begin to feel alone.

We need a gentle reminder, “You are not in this alone.”

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