Would you work for a boss who rewarded lazy employees? Would you follow a leader who paid people more after they stole from the company? Would you admire a leader who let people talk bad about him, abuse him, walk…
Tag: Spiritual
Acts 15
In part one, Stir, Stew, Chill and Serve, I detailed how the Desmond Ford crises of the 1980s rocked and split my small SDA church. This experience made me a champion for unity. I am more eager to search for…
Discovering the Extraordinary in the Ordinary, part 2
In Discovering the Extraordinary in the Ordinary, part 1, we examined the importance of the ordinary, mundane experiences that shape the life of the leader as found in Reggie McNeal’s, A Work of Heart: Understanding how God shapes spiritual leaders. Continuing in chapter…
Discovering the Extraordinary in the Ordinary, part 1
I have been reading Reggie McNeal’s A Work of Heart: Understanding how God shapes spiritual leaders recently. One particular chapter that has challenged my everyday thinking is Chapter 10- “Commonplace: Discovering that the ordinary is extraordinary.” McNeal’s main point is this–the spiritual…