The problem with reading lots of books at once is that sometimes you can have a great thought and you know it came from someone but you cannot for the life of you remember which particular author it was this time. That is my problem today. The thought relates to how we receive telephone calls … Continue reading »
Posted in January 2011 …
Glory-enhancer or glory-degrader?
I’ve got Dan Allender and Tremper Longman’s ‘Intimate Allies’ on one of the many reading piles at the moment. In the latest updates section on the status of books strewn across my house, you will be pleased to know that there are fewer. Which means that I have read some of the backlog. It also means that … Continue reading »
Picking a path and staying on it?
In ‘Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership’, Ruth Haley Barton refers to the words of a Benedictine monk concerning community. He said that what enabled his community to stay together for so long was a commitment to stability, the choice to ‘pick a community and stay with it; pick a path and stay on it’. … Continue reading »
Miracle grow
Image: nuttakit / FreeDigitalPhotos.net I’ve been following some leadership blogs from Mac Lake lately. One in particular relating to developing leaders has resonated with me (click here to see it). He says that to give a developing leader the gift of your confidence in them is the best gift you can give and works like miracle … Continue reading »
Being the star of our own show
Henri Nouwen, a priest and teacher who moved in the exalted circles of Harvard and Yale and Notre Dame, came to believe that those settings did not – for him – call forth the person God intended him to be. So this famous writer spent the last decade of his life caring for physically and mentally … Continue reading »
Quoting myself into silence
But I am…convinced that if(!) I can discipline my heart in 2011 to wait for God to reveal more of who he created me to be, then what I do will flow naturally from that. I have just quoted myself. Honesty forces me to admit that I am the one who smiles when other people … Continue reading »
Lost in 2011
Image: Idea go / FreeDigitalPhotos.net I’ve lost count of how many people have asked about my goals for 2011 in the last week. It’s one of those conversations at this time of year, isn’t it? The new year seems to be a great opportunity for revisiting what we’re doing with life – and usually resolving … Continue reading »
