Browsing Through A Periodical
It was under the stack of stuff on my desk. It'd been there for a while, I guess. I'd been meaning to get it out and read it, but frankly, I have so many periodicals for my work and the articles all start to bleed together into the mire of Charlie Brown's teacher. So, it was once at the top of the stack, now it's unread at the bottom.
For some reason, I want this particular periodical to get some attention before it goes into the bookshelf archives, likely to never be read again. At best, it'll get referenced once or twice when I need an illustration or something.
At any rate, turns out this was a good one to flip through. A few nuggets:
"Leaders must challenge the process precisely because any system will unconsciously conspire to maintain the status quo and prevent change. It is the nature of things organizationally not to change in a healthy direction. It is the nature of things organizationally to find a happy place and stay there forever and ever and ever and ever." Quoting James M. Kouzes& Barry Z. Posner in their book The Leadership Challenge.
"We are always one decision, one word, one reaction away from damaging what has taken years to develop."--Andy Stanley
"If Jesus were to offer extreme makeovers for churches, He'd focus less on worship styles and more on what's really going on inside the hearts of the leaders."--Ben Ortlip
"What if we were so moved by who God is, what He's done, what He will do, that praise, adoration, worship, whatever, continuously careened in our heads and pounded in our souls?"--Dave Crowder
"Then we must reimagine life, picturing this new reality of participating in authentic community. We exist for God and others. Let that be the motto of our lives. Let's not wait for someone else to obey Jesus."--Rick McKinley
"Lonliness is something that happens to us. But I think it is something we can move ourselves out of. I think a person who is lonely should dig into community, give himself to a community, humble himself before his friends, initiate community, teach people to care for each other. Love each other."--Donald Miller
Well, that's plenty to chew on today. Have at it, patrons!
It was under the stack of stuff on my desk. It'd been there for a while, I guess. I'd been meaning to get it out and read it, but frankly, I have so many periodicals for my work and the articles all start to bleed together into the mire of Charlie Brown's teacher. So, it was once at the top of the stack, now it's unread at the bottom.
For some reason, I want this particular periodical to get some attention before it goes into the bookshelf archives, likely to never be read again. At best, it'll get referenced once or twice when I need an illustration or something.
At any rate, turns out this was a good one to flip through. A few nuggets:
"Leaders must challenge the process precisely because any system will unconsciously conspire to maintain the status quo and prevent change. It is the nature of things organizationally not to change in a healthy direction. It is the nature of things organizationally to find a happy place and stay there forever and ever and ever and ever." Quoting James M. Kouzes& Barry Z. Posner in their book The Leadership Challenge.
"We are always one decision, one word, one reaction away from damaging what has taken years to develop."--Andy Stanley
"If Jesus were to offer extreme makeovers for churches, He'd focus less on worship styles and more on what's really going on inside the hearts of the leaders."--Ben Ortlip
"What if we were so moved by who God is, what He's done, what He will do, that praise, adoration, worship, whatever, continuously careened in our heads and pounded in our souls?"--Dave Crowder
"Then we must reimagine life, picturing this new reality of participating in authentic community. We exist for God and others. Let that be the motto of our lives. Let's not wait for someone else to obey Jesus."--Rick McKinley
"Lonliness is something that happens to us. But I think it is something we can move ourselves out of. I think a person who is lonely should dig into community, give himself to a community, humble himself before his friends, initiate community, teach people to care for each other. Love each other."--Donald Miller
Well, that's plenty to chew on today. Have at it, patrons!
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