WE NEED OTHERS to explore with us the edges of our fear and faith. We grow spiritually only in and through our relationship with God and with others. – Rueben P. Job and Marjorie J. Thompson Companions in Christ: Embracing the Journey (via Upper Room Daily Reflections) It’s becoming harder as I grow older to…
Category: Leadership
Are Politicians Human?
I received an interesting email tonight. I thought what he wrote is worth our attention and reflection. He is my guest blogger for today – mrgohkp (I think some of you might already be able to guess who my guest blogger is). I’m honored to have his writings grace my garden. For those of us…
Mike Yaconelli Tribute
As a former youth pastor and always being in touch with youth ministry, I can REALLY appreciate and relate to the stuff Mike is saying here. 🙂 It’s easy to pick and choose what we want to hear from speakers. But for some of us, this goes deeper than mere words. It touches where we…
Openness and Ownership
“Don’t confuse openness with ownership. Owning a vision comes through labor intensive repetition. There is no other way. Many are open – only the repeatedly exposed fan come to own it. “ – Max DuPree (HT: Ron Martoia) I’m learning this all over again … a full cycle … what I need to strengthen is…
Open Space Technology
Here’s Open Space World (English) & Open Space World (Chinese). I was checking out what I printed from OpenSpaceFacilitatorsToolbox while trying to put Gareth to sleep. I’ve probably had glimpses of something like this here and there. But this whole framework – paradigm – technology – whatever you want to call it has really “opened…
The Unholy Route
“Can you please put down my proper designation?” “Oh … you mean Dr. XYZ?” When I read the Unholy Route a couple of years back, I really felt sad and angry at the same time about what’s going on in church leadership in Malaysia. Here’s what I mean … _____________________________________________________________________ For some time now, reports…
Leadership … Revisited
Thanks Winn for passing on these insights from the Missonal Church Forum Here’s his notes in bold: Alan (ROXBURGH) Leadership is not a person with a plan or vision for the future, a leader is one who forms environments in which the people of God, among whom the Spirit resides, can get in dialogue with…
Stumped …
______________________ Jesus said to the crowds and his disciples, “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in, you stop them. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and…
The Ministry of Inconvenience
Thanks Paul Tan for making this available … I’ve know Dr. Goh Chee Leong since we were teenagers serving as Christian Fellowship Presidents in our respective schools. Now, he’s a psychologist and I’m a pastor. Both of us learning these precious lessons he so well put in his article. ________________________ The following episode from Jesus’s…
Perspectives on Servant leadership
Bob K commented on Random Thoughts after Good Council Meeting, “It would be refreshing to get perspectives on servant leadership from one who is in the position to offer it. :)” The only thing I can say right now .. it’s an uphill struggle. The greatest battles are often internal and hidden from the sight…