About Tommy kiedis

Tommy is a leader who loves to learn and share those learnings

A practitioner and thought leader, Tommy hammers out his leadership learnings on the anvil of everyday experience, most notably in higher education, the local church, and his growing family. Tommy serves as the President of Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School. He teaches on leadership both nationally and internationally through Capital Seminary and Graduate School, and with other partners in the US, UK, and Brazil. His passion is helping leaders maximize and multiply the leadership God has entrusted to them.

Tommy holds a Master's Degree in Religion and Education from Mid-America Seminary, a Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Leadership from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He has been married to Shannan for 42 years. They have six married children, and twenty-five grandchildren.

Tommy is the creator of the 3 Hour Retreat, a series of seven personal leadership development tools. He is also the author of Churchill And Dunkirk: Finding Victory Inside Defeat. His reading podcast, On My Walk helps you capture those "Aha! Moments" from reading. He also blogs at Don’t Ask The Fish, a devotional site full of insight and encouragement, and share his love of fast cars at CarSafar.com.

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Tommy writes on the leader’s life and work.

Psalm 78:72 says, “And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.”

King David was a powerful leader for God. His life was a potent combination of integrity and skill. Godly integrity is the “center pole” of leadership. Remove it and the leadership tent collapses. The same is true of the leader’s life. When integrity topples the leader topples.

At the same time, great character apart from skillful leadership will not get the job done. Both are essential! This blog focuses on the leader’s life (integrity) and work (skill). You can expect a regular dose of leadership insight that is theoretically robust, biblically sound, and practically applied.