In Matthew 20, Jesus tells the story of a landowner who spends his day hiring workers to harvest his vineyard. At the end of the day, he pays all the workers the same wage; those who worked all day and those who worked a few hours. I used to get annoyed at this story, because… Read More Leadership from the Landowner
Finally, writing more on leadership. Read my first posts here and scroll down. A leader will have initiative. A leader will have initiative. I believe this so strongly, that I will go so far to say that any person with initiative is a leader. The American Heritage® Dictionary defines initiative as the power or ability… Read More Take the First Step
I’ve been thinking and thinking about leadership per my post here. I ask myself this: “What is it that makes people follow others?” “Some leaders didn’t want to lead, but were “forced” into it by necessity. So, its not always desire to lead that makes a leader.” “Some leaders are notoriously bad at management, so… Read More Follow the Leader
My pastor asked me about using the program I run at church as a means to train leaders for our church and community. As a result, I’ve been contemplating the difference between a leader and a follower. For my benefit, I’d like to do a series of posts exploring specific traits that a person can… Read More Thinking about Leading
