I like to listen to my team. To hear them out. To find out what makes them tick and where their passions lie. Then I like to have them micro-lead an area within their passion. I stay close if needed to provide the bumper rails to keep them within a certain area, but I give them latitude too, because they come up with ideas, implemenations, and perspectives I have never thought of.

I like to look at leadership as being part of, not over. I work “with” people. I go out of the department and give credit to the individuals who came up with the great idea or design or implementation. But I say “we did it” if the report is that a mistake was made.

I believe it was Vince Lombardi that said, “The mark of a good leader is one who takes less than his share of the credit and more than his share of the blame.” My dad had that sitting on his desk when I was a teenager. I’ve never forgotten it.

I am weak and broken and Im sure most Christians are too. It stands to reason that our services will be this also a majority of the time. However, God is not like us at all. I feel that from a weak and broken posture with an overwhelming humility manifested as strict obedience to the word of God, perhaps Jesus or various members of the heavenly host may decide to pay us a visit in our services. That will definitely change the order of worship. And if it ever did happen, I would only see it as a confirmation, not a lever to have more exciting services.

Seriously though…good word.

Tanya.

But if that hurrican comes onshore, forget about it. The idea is to stay on the edge of chaos, not in the middle of it. If we will follow Christ’s leading for our lives, staying grounded thourgh God’s word, we will experinece everything he has for us. We just have to put our trust in Him and Him alone. Thanks Dan for the great encouragement!

JT