Sabbath!
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been enjoying my annual extended Sabbath. This year was a transition point in our family. Last year, it seems, was our last ‘family vacation.’ This year our eldest stayed home to work and minimize her accumulating student loan. Our middle child chose to join the youth Ministry Tour […]
#2 Responsibility
This is a continuation of a series of blog entries dealing with my results of the online assessment of Tom Rath’s book, Strengths Finder. My second highest ranking strength is Responsibility People who are especially talented in the Responsibility theme take psychological ownership of what they say they will do. They are committed to stable […]
#1 Connectedness
I’m drawn to personality and temperament analysis tools like bugs to the front of a car. I almost can’t stop myself from taking them. When I started hearing about the Strengths Finder book by Tom Rath it landed on my Amazon wish list pretty quick. Not too much later I had my hands on it […]
Develop or Deploy
There’s a whole lot of talk about developing leadership in the church world. Unfortunately, more talk than action. Your own leadership style has more of a determining factor on your ability and inclination to develop others than their willingness to be developed. The ‘run and gun’ leader is motivated by results and usually looking for […]
Second Chair, Not Second Class
Everyone has a desire for their life to matter, to count, to be worthwhile. We want to be able to answer “yes” to the question: “If I wasn’t here anymore, would I be missed?” There are few people that that are content to just get through life without making a contribution. I currently serve in […]
