Tag: Spiritual

Picture Perfect

November 26, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

We all love pictures. In times past, we kept pictures in hardcopy photo albums. Now, everything is done electronically – in the cloud. Either way, at times we look at a picture and think, “It’s perfect.”

We seem to know something is just right when we see it.

Does our spiritual leadership look picture perfect?

Perhaps the question we need to ask is how can we know if our leadership is picture perfect?

When we look at our leadership through the lens of scripture, we discover the standard wherein our leadership must be measured.

To be picture perfect, we will need to look deeply and make application.

Summarizing Leadership

November 24, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

To summarize is to use fewer words to encompass the whole of a previous message.

If we were to summarize our leadership in a few words, what would we say? Could we express it in a word or two? A sentence or two? Would our leadership be summarized by…

An “others interested” or “self interested” perspective?

A spiritual or physical focus?

Our past, present, or future?

In reality, the fewer words we use the more challenging it can be to summarize leadership.

It is worth your time to think about how you would summarize your leadership.

Leaders Needed

November 21, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Leadership is a gift best given, not received. Calvin Coolidge said it best, “No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”

The Western mindset generally leans more toward what we receive. After all, “What’s in it for me?”

True leadership and honor are connected to giving.

When we give ourselves to the task of leading others, then the spiritual outcome saves souls.

We need leaders. We need spiritual leaders. Will we give ourselves to leading others today?

This is where honor is rewarded.

Immortal Legacy

November 19, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

We live in such a self-centered world. Our efforts and concerns are primarily structured around a “what’s-in-it-for-me” mentality.

This mindset is subtly developed and so difficult to overcome. Albert Pike said, “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.”

Think about the significance of this thought in relationship to spiritual leadership. We fail miserably and our legacy is meaningless unless we learn from this thought.

All we do should be done for others. This is what truly lasts.

Leadership that Counts for Something

November 14, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Alfred Einstein said, “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.”

Far too often, leadership deals with a bottom-line mentality. It is about numbers.

What we measure is important, but the value of influence, cultivating character development, or meditative prayer cannot be measured. Yet, they are life changing.

We may have multiplied thousands of dollars invested, but what is it really worth? We may have many people sitting in the pews, but are they spiritually healthy? We may spend hours reading the Bible, but do we apply it properly?

Our leadership may not always be measured, but it should count for something.

Good Leaders

November 13, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Jesus identified His disciples as the “salt of the earth” and “light of the world.” This indicates the difference we make in the world.

Then Jesus said something interesting, “If the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything…”

Good involves health, specifically good health.

When used in the context of leadership influence, we find a powerful idea. 

As leaders, our influence should contribute to the spiritual health and well-being of others. 

When heaven is the destiny, our leadership must be good for others to reach the destination.

Building Bridges

November 12, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Transitions are sentences that build bridges between any two sections of communication. These bridges make it easier for people to follow what we’ve said and the direction ahead.

As leaders, these transitions are critical.

We build a bridge in relationships. Establishing and maintaining quality relationships requires effective communication.

We build a bridge for future leaders. Leaders are always needed. We make this transition smooth through mentoring.

We build a bridge to eternity. The task before us is to transition from the physical to the spiritual realm by example.

Are we building bridges with the right purpose and in the right direction?

The Mission

November 11, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

What is our objective? What are we trying to achieve? Do we have a mission?

Sadly, as spiritual leaders, our mission often gets skewed because the mission becomes more about us than God.

It becomes more about what we want to achieve, rather than what God wants us to achieve.

Leaders have a responsibility to know and believe in God’s mission.

We must be honest enough to examine ourselves closely and ask hard questions about whose mission we are fulfilling.

Let us arise and lead God’s people in unity, and let us work together to fulfill God’s mission.

Change

October 24, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Generally speaking, leadership involves changing others. From a spiritual perspective, the purpose of our leadership is helping others change.

However, change must begin first within ourselves. It is easy to ask others to do what we are either unwilling to do or have not yet done.

The power of change, however, starts with us. When we make changes in our own lives first, we set an example for others to see why they must change also.

As leaders in our homes, communities, and the church, let us first work on changing ourselves and then seek opportunity to help others change.

A Normal Leader?

October 22, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

The thought sounds crazy, right? Can a leader be normal?

Maybe we should define normal first. Regardless of how we define it, there is nothing normal about spiritual leadership. Why? 

Because spiritual leaders…

…are concerned about their influence inside and outside the church.
…consistently live what they believe.
…know God’s mission involves helping people get to heaven.
…work for a cause greater than themselves.
…share in planning and developing goals for spiritual maturity.
…produce results that glorify God and fulfill His will.

Therefore, spiritual leaders are those who live consistently, knowing the work they share in produces God’s desired will. Does that sound normal?

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