Archive for June, 2011

Colin Powell’s 13 Rules of Leadership

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My favorite: #12 “Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.” Which one is yours?

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Equipping amidst the ramping up

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3. Equip One Another Foster a culture of leader equipping and replication VBS is a little less than two weeks away here in Tonawanda. You can tell because VBS volunteers are in the building more than ever, supplies are stacking up, daily tallies of registrations are being shared, excitement is brewing. I love it. Except… [...]

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Saturday Prayer

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18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others. Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. Thou hast given all to me. To Thee, O Lord, I return it. Dispose of it wholly according to Thy will. Give me Thy love [...]

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If only everyone else would shape up…

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14. Manage Anxiety and Conflict Apply biblical means to both maintain healthy relationships and restore broken ones This is a great, great blog post I read by a Haiti missionary. If you only have time to read her post or mine—read hers! Honest honest honest. To me, it reads like a Psalm. Gwenn’s post really [...]

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Everyone is creative!

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4. Spur One Another Challenge others to develop as servant leaders 29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo. Some people think they aren’t creative. Turns out everyone is. So God created man in his own image,    in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. – Genesis [...]

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Saturday Prayer

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18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others. Three folds in my garment, yet only one garment I wear. Three joints in my finger, yet only one finger is there. Three leaves on a shamrock, yet only one shamrock I bear. Three Persons in Godhead, yet only one God do I fear.  Amen. (Celtic [...]

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How do people know you’re a leader?

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1. Set the Example Follow the example of Jesus Christ and behave in ways consistent with that of a servant leader. Arthur is here to tell you why he’s a great leader and leader-trainer. And that he’s “on sale” for a bargain price compared to John Maxwell. It takes 2 minutes and 37 seconds to [...]

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Set the world on fire

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6. Recognize God’s Call For emotional health live out the personal calling for which you have been gifted “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” – Catherine of Siena To my own surprise, I was totally sucked in to the Royal Wedding in April. And actually, more [...]

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Saturday Prayer

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18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others. Holy Spirit, powerful Consoler, sacred Bond of the Father and the Son, Hope of the afflicted, descend into my heart and establish in it your loving dominion. Enkindle in my tepid soul the fire of your Love so that I may be wholly subject to you. [...]

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“I believe so that I may understand…”

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This prayer was shared today in a KINDLE Tech Team call. It’s a beauty…perhaps it will encourage you or another servant leader you walk alongside. Lord Jesus Christ; Let me seek you by desiring you,and let me desire you by seeking you;let me find you by loving you,and love you in finding you. I confess, [...]

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