Image from an article on Medium.com: https://kevin-gordon.medium.com/hierarchy-of-leadership-f5a82b589342 Leaders like to complain that it’s lonely at the top. We think a leader is a one-man band. A single conductor leads the entire orchestra. A single quarterback leads his team. A single pilot flies a plane. A single teacher leads a classroom. Nations are often led byContinue reading “Leadership is a Group Project. Deuteronomy 1.”
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Don’t Make Your Job Complicated—Obedience is Simple. Jeremiah 22:3.
What is your job description? Some are clearly defined: ride the back of the trash truck and empty trash cans into the truck at each stop. Others are loosely defined: be my personal assistant, show up at 8 every morning and do whatever I ask until I send you home. What is the job descriptionContinue reading “Don’t Make Your Job Complicated—Obedience is Simple. Jeremiah 22:3.”
LEADERS KNOW HOW TO PRIORITIZE. Acts 6:2-3.
If a teacher can’t say no, she will say yes to the principal and parent volunteers and end up serving on five committees and organizing school-wide rallies and fundraisers and having two or three after-school activities happening in her classroom every week. Soon the teacher will be pulled in so many directions she will becomeContinue reading “LEADERS KNOW HOW TO PRIORITIZE. Acts 6:2-3.”
Tell the Lawyers They Need to Become Like Children. Matthew 18:1-5.
When I was fourteen our youth group went on a mission trip to Wyoming. As teens, we possessed few skills, but we could play with children. I was good at playing. And one child captured my heart, a little girl named “Stormy.” Everything about the four-year-old was cute, beginning with her name. I played littleContinue reading “Tell the Lawyers They Need to Become Like Children. Matthew 18:1-5.”
Deny Himself. Mark 8:34.
A woman once brought her little boy to Robert E. Lee. She asked the West Point graduate and Civil War general to bless her son. He gave an interesting answer: “Teach him that he must deny himself.” Did anyone teach you to deny yourself? When did you last tell yourself No? When was the lastContinue reading “Deny Himself. Mark 8:34.”
Mature, Godly Leadership.
Moses was destined to rescue his people. At 40, he had to flee. At 80, God called him to meet Pharaoh, work miracles, and deliver God’s people. They crossed the Red Sea and spent forty years in the desert. Finally, it was time to enter the Promised Land—but God told Moses he would not beContinue reading “Mature, Godly Leadership.”
Prepare to Meet Your Maker.
Ever heard the line above, a threat in the movies? God came to Moses and said, “Go up to Mt. Abarim and see the Promised Land. After you have seen it, you will be gathered to your people” Numbers 27:12-13. How would you feel about that? Even at 120, it’s got to be jarring toContinue reading “Prepare to Meet Your Maker.”
Aaron and Moses: Two Kinds of Leaders.
When the Israelites complained, Aaron made an idol and they partied like drunken frat boys. God told Moses: “Go down at once! For your people you brought up from the land of Egypt have acted wickedly. They have made for themselves an image of a calf. They have bowed down to it, sacrificed to it,Continue reading “Aaron and Moses: Two Kinds of Leaders.”
How’s Your Professionalism?
During 13 years in Egypt, Joseph was slave to Potiphar, falsely accused, left in a dungeon, forgotten. Suddenly he is summoned: “Take a bath. Shave that beard. Put on fresh clothes. Whatever Pharaoh says, do your best to answer.” Suddenly Joseph is standing before the king. He interprets Pharaoh’s dream and gives God the credit. Continue reading “How’s Your Professionalism?”
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