I have found myself asking a lot of questions lately about my life. I can see glimpses of the bigger picture but my story is still unfolding like the pages of a novel, to steal a line from Elderidge. Everyday we are faced with people we know, people we don't know, people we are going to meet and people we try to avoid. Each decision we make is writing another section of our story. I remember when I was growing up an old preacher we had would always ask every Sunday, "If you were to die today, how would you be remembered?" I never stopped to think about that statement until later on in life. It's the story of our life. No, we don't carry light sabers or magic rings, we carry our legacy with us.
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Epic: The Story God is Telling - Prologue
I absolutely love how John Elderidge starts off the Prologue of the book talking about the Lord of the Rings. He mentions that Sam asked Frodo what kind of story they have fallen into. Seeing glimpses of the big picture is not as easy as you think. There was definitely a bigger plan in store for Frodo and Sam. What story are we living?
Saturday, July 9, 2016
Spiritual Leadership - Chapters 19, 20 & 21 - Reproducing Leaders, Perils of Leadership & The Leader Nehemiah
As mentioned in the last chapter, a leaders goal is to develop someone to be ready to replace them when the leader leaves or moves on with the company. Training new leaders is mentioned to be a delicate task. Why are we training? In our case we are training disciples to go out into the world to preach/teach the Gospel. In the business world, training a potential leader also takes delicacy and precision as to not overwhelm or intimidate, but to ensure that they developing the future leaders potential. Leadership training cannot be done in masses, it requires patience and careful planning. Disciples are developed one at a time.
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Spiritual Leadership - Chapter 18 & 19 - The Art of Delegation & Replacing Leaders
One of the key qualities of good leader is to identify the strengths of others. There is an old fast food saying that fits this mold, "Put the aces in their places." With everyone working to their strengths, productivity increases. The mark of a good leader is to train a member or members to the point that if the leader was to leave, someone would be ready to take their spot. Delegation is a very useful tool to stretch someone's ability. This can push someone out of their comfort zone, but will always strengthen them. Coupled with the leaders support, these stretch opportunities empower the people doing the tasks to confidently accomplish their goals.
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