Leadership that is entirely self-directed will always be pathological. The only thing worse than worshipping an idol is to act like an idol.

- Mel Lawrenz

God uses millions of no-name influencers every day in the simplest selfless acts of service. They are the teachers whose names will never be in the …

- Mel Lawrenz

Taking delight in random encounters that come our way is a wonderful reminder that God is in control.

- Mel Lawrenz

No one really wants to follow you per se. They really don’t. They want to know that, by following you, they are really following a higher principle…

- Mel Lawrenz

There is only one line of sight that will bring order to all our life and work: a vision of Christ seated at the right hand of God the Father, ruling…

- Mel Lawrenz

The only enduring influence we have to offer others is the influence God has in our own lives.

- Mel Lawrenz

All of us are embarrassed by some of what we are.

- Mel Lawrenz

Grief is not a problem to be fixed but a process to be lived out.

- Mel Lawrenz