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Rob Westwood-Payne
Hi - I'm Rob. I'm married to Gail and we have a handsome, cheeky cocker spaniel called Harley. I am a Christian leader, pastor and preacher. I am a Salvation Army officer leading a congregation in the south of England. I am a leadership and discipleship blogger and daily devotional podcast host.
3 Leadership & Productivity Articles to Read This Weekend – 25 November 2022
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
Success Through Solitude
Success through solitude rather than through busyness seems counterintuitive. But leaders need to think strategically and solitude gives us the time we need to carve out to do this.
Finding a Christian’s Work-Life Balance
Involving God in our work helps us find his intended rhythm for our work and for our rest. It is essential in finding a Christian work-life balance. So what does work-life balance from a Christian perspective look like?
3 Leadership & Productivity Articles to Read This Weekend – 18 November 2022
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
The Best Way to Stop Wasting Time on Meetings
Do you find yourself wasting time on endless meetings? Here’s the best way I’ve found to stop meetings from stealing my time.
We Remember
As we sacrifice ourselves to give and to serve others, our sacrifice – like those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in world wars and conflicts since – is a dim picture of the ultimate sacrifice given for us by Jesus Christ. It is good to remember what he has done for us too.
3 Leadership & Productivity Articles to Read This Weekend – 11 November 2022
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
How a Church Leader Can Beat Procrastination
Procrastination is the Church Leader’s deadly foe. It distracts us from doing God’s will. Here’s the best way I have found to beat it.
Is Confession Really Good for the Soul?
It’s tough to admit our sins and entrust ourselves to God’s grace, but it is essential if we want to be God’s Future Builders.
3 Leadership & Productivity Articles to Read This Weekend – 4 November 2022
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
Pastor – Your Work is Not About Getting Things Done!
A pastor’s schedule is not about getting things done. It’s about praying, writing, thinking and reflecting first and managing and leading second.
You Can Worship God Any Time and Anywhere
We can worship God any time and anywhere. We don’t have to wait until we get to church on a Sunday morning!
3 Leadership & Productivity Articles to Read This Weekend – 28 October 2022
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
Using Email with Military Precision
Writing emails with military precision makes them highly effective and more likely to get the response you need quickly.
Breaking Free from the Past
Following Jesus requires us to break free from the destructive patterns of our past and living out the purpose God has for our lives. Sometimes, we need to go back to move forward.
3 Leadership & Productivity Articles to Read This Weekend – 21 October 2022
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
My Number 1 Rule for a More Effective Church Leadership Meeting
My Number One Rule for a more effective church leadership meeting is to ban Any Other Business. It is a time- and morale-saver!
Putting First Things First
Jesus tells his followers they have two priorities to put first in life: Love God and Love Others. That’s it!
3 Leadership & Productivity Articles to Read This Weekend – 14 October 2022
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
Solitude and Leadership: Essential to Success
A leader needs to spend significant time in solitude – to think and to reflect – in order to be successful. Otherwise, we can never focus on what really matters.
Misplaced or Lost?
When we misplace something, it’s because it is not valuable to us. When we lose something, we will search until we find it, because it is so valuable to us. God loves and values each of us so much that he will seek and find us. All we must do is accept his love.
3 Leadership & Productivity Articles to Read This Weekend – 7 October 2022
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
Review and Reflection as a Leader: The Quarterly Review
As a leader, you need regular times for review and reflection to ensure you stay on top of your priorities. A quarterly review process helps.
We Have a Duty to Look After the Good Gifts God Gives Us
In the northern hemisphere we are in the middle of the harvest season, an opportunity to thank God, the Giver of Life and the Giver of Joy for all he provides for us. As we do so, we explore the redemption of creation. Our climate is in “code red” crisis. Can it be saved? And as God’s people, what can we do to help?
3 Leadership & Productivity Articles to Read This Weekend – 30 September 2022
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
A “People Person” Leader Needs More Time Management
When it comes to the pastor and time management, if you are a “people person” you need more time management, not less.
Don’t Mention the War!
Sometimes we might wish Jesus hadn’t talked about money. But he did. So we must too. Jesus longs for us to find financial freedom as we build the future with him.
3 Leadership & Productivity Articles to Read This Weekend – 23 September 2022
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
One Thing Leaders Should Do to Keep the Rhythm of Sabbath
If a leader is serious about living life in sync with the rhythms that God built into our world by taking a Sabbath rest every seven days, then they must prepare for it during the other six days.
Fellowship is More Than Friendship
Summary One of the greatest strengths of a healthy church is the loving relationships between its members. Each of us must reflect on how we contribute to the fellowship to which we belong. Last week,… Read More »Fellowship is More Than Friendship
3 Leadership & Productivity Articles to Read This Weekend – 16 September 2022
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
One Thing Leaders Must Do If They Promise to “Cut the C—“
If leaders promise to reduce policy and process, then they must eliminate a good number of unnecessary forms and processes, otherwise the frontline will suffer a huge loss of morale.
The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever
The death of Queen Elizabeth II leaves many of us feeling disoriented, as if everything has changed in an instant. The Bible reminds us that we continue to have a constant in our lives. Jesus is the same, whatever circumstances we face.
3 Leadership & Productivity Articles to Read This Weekend – 9 September 2022
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
One Holiday Habit Leaders Should Bring Home
Leaders are readers, but there never seems enough time to finish the reading that helps us learn and grow as leaders. Holidays free up that time. How do we continue reading when we return home?
Equipping His People
I am a spiritual leader passionate about equipping God’s people to be who he has called them to be. Because of this, I have decided to return to blogging.
The Salvation Army and Communion: Do I Look Like Christ?
The Salvation Army does not practice Communion or baptism. It sees Christ in all aspects of life, especially in our mission to the world.