Greetings LDG,
A quick note regarding the forum on servant leadership...
There is no RSVP. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Harriet Tubman Theater at the Freedom Center on Thursday, Oct. 24.
I suppose aiming for a 6:00 p.m. arrival should be sufficient.
Here is a link to the page with the address, directions and parking info:
http://freedomcenter.org/visit-the-center
Matt
Monday, October 7, 2013
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Just For Fun: Some Leadership Quotes
Greetings all,
Here are some quotes, some funny, some serious, regarding the nature of leadership.
Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. ~ George S. Patton
"You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters." - Peyton Manning, Record-breaking NFL Quarterback
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ~ Dwight Eisenhower
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
Here are some quotes, some funny, some serious, regarding the nature of leadership.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves. ~ Lao-Tzu
Your brother in Christ,
Faron
Meeting Summary: Session Three
Greetings all,
Boy is this summary late. It seems like I have been running since Tuesday night, but I have a few minutes before I head south to retrieve children. This week we began with prayer and housekeeping. Jamie is bringing drinks next week and Matt dessert. A reminder that we will not have group on Tuesday, October 22nd and instead y'all will be going to the leadership forum that Thursday. Matt is making the arrangements for that event. We then shifted into a review of homework for the weak which included a discussion of spiritual formation (SF), what it is, why it is important and how it relates to leadership and character. This is the beginning of an ongoing conversation about SF but at its essence it helps form our character and provides for us the Spirit resources out of which we can then minister. It is what forms the kind of spiritual leaders we will become and provides the power out of which we will serve.
The discussion of SF intertwined with a discussion of Part I of Invitation to a Journey. This book provided our definition of SF, "Spiritual Formation is a process of being conformed to the image of Christ for the sake of others.” We recognized that SF is a process that we all experience, the question is are we being formed towards life and prosperity in Christ or death and adversity? It begins by recognizing the temptation to define ourselves by our "doing" rather than our "being," but it is the process that allows us to overcome that temptation allowing God to challenge us a midst our brokenness and conform us to His image and make us whole again.
We then looked at another personality inventory known as DISC. Where the Myers Briggs looks at where we get our energy, how we receive and process information and how we choose to relate to the world. The DISC looks at how we operate in groups or on teams. We all generally end up with one dominant characteristic. The D stands for dominant and are those people who are both big picture and task oriented. These are the guys who drives us towards the accomplishment of our goal. The I stands for influential and are the people that are big picture and people oriented. These are the natural recruiters who are more about connecting with people than pursuing the task. The S stands for stead and are people who are detail oriented and people oriented. These are the people who will take everything on themselves because they don't want to burden anyone but equally will remember to send everyone a card on their birthday and sooth over any hurt feelings. The final letter C stands for conscientious and are detail and task oriented people. These are the accountants of the world. A balanced team will have some of each category on the team. The D leads, the I recruits, the S keeps the team together and happy, and the C makes sure nothing is being forgotten to accomplish the task. A balanced team is the most efficient and effective and is what we will strive to build as leaders. We then took the inventory.
After the break we moved into a discussion of Inductive Bible Study and looked at the story of Noah, Genesis 5:28-10:1. We began learning the method, we read the scripture as a group and then made observations about the text from a general standpoint and a leadership standpoint. There is a blog post specifically about this so I won't go into further detail, but it was an exciting and fruitful discussion and is the first of many Bible studies we will do about Biblical leaders and the nature of the Church.
Our homework is as follows:
Boy is this summary late. It seems like I have been running since Tuesday night, but I have a few minutes before I head south to retrieve children. This week we began with prayer and housekeeping. Jamie is bringing drinks next week and Matt dessert. A reminder that we will not have group on Tuesday, October 22nd and instead y'all will be going to the leadership forum that Thursday. Matt is making the arrangements for that event. We then shifted into a review of homework for the weak which included a discussion of spiritual formation (SF), what it is, why it is important and how it relates to leadership and character. This is the beginning of an ongoing conversation about SF but at its essence it helps form our character and provides for us the Spirit resources out of which we can then minister. It is what forms the kind of spiritual leaders we will become and provides the power out of which we will serve.
The discussion of SF intertwined with a discussion of Part I of Invitation to a Journey. This book provided our definition of SF, "Spiritual Formation is a process of being conformed to the image of Christ for the sake of others.” We recognized that SF is a process that we all experience, the question is are we being formed towards life and prosperity in Christ or death and adversity? It begins by recognizing the temptation to define ourselves by our "doing" rather than our "being," but it is the process that allows us to overcome that temptation allowing God to challenge us a midst our brokenness and conform us to His image and make us whole again.
We then looked at another personality inventory known as DISC. Where the Myers Briggs looks at where we get our energy, how we receive and process information and how we choose to relate to the world. The DISC looks at how we operate in groups or on teams. We all generally end up with one dominant characteristic. The D stands for dominant and are those people who are both big picture and task oriented. These are the guys who drives us towards the accomplishment of our goal. The I stands for influential and are the people that are big picture and people oriented. These are the natural recruiters who are more about connecting with people than pursuing the task. The S stands for stead and are people who are detail oriented and people oriented. These are the people who will take everything on themselves because they don't want to burden anyone but equally will remember to send everyone a card on their birthday and sooth over any hurt feelings. The final letter C stands for conscientious and are detail and task oriented people. These are the accountants of the world. A balanced team will have some of each category on the team. The D leads, the I recruits, the S keeps the team together and happy, and the C makes sure nothing is being forgotten to accomplish the task. A balanced team is the most efficient and effective and is what we will strive to build as leaders. We then took the inventory.
After the break we moved into a discussion of Inductive Bible Study and looked at the story of Noah, Genesis 5:28-10:1. We began learning the method, we read the scripture as a group and then made observations about the text from a general standpoint and a leadership standpoint. There is a blog post specifically about this so I won't go into further detail, but it was an exciting and fruitful discussion and is the first of many Bible studies we will do about Biblical leaders and the nature of the Church.
Our homework is as follows:
- Read Parts II & III in Invitation to a Journey
- Do an Inductive Bible Study of Acts 1:1-6:7 looking at who we are as the Church.
Once again great meeting! See y'all Tuesday.
Your brother in Christ,
Faron
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Bible Study: An Introduction to Inductive Bible Study
Greetings All,
Tonight we talked about a method of Bible study known as inductive Bible study (IBS). It is a manner of going to the text aware of our presuppositions, attempting to set those aside and then allowing the text to speak to us on its own merits. This is the first of many Bible studies we will be doing over the next year and this is the manner in which I want us to approach the text so I have posted two links to articles about this method. The first is from Asbury Seminary where I learned the technique. It is a comprehensive site about this method which is the preferred method of study taught at the seminary. The second is to Intervarsity Press where they offer some helpful hints on how to go about IBS. Both are worthy of your time and will be helpful to you as we go through the year.
http://inductivebiblestudy.seedbed.com/
http://www.intervarsity.org/bible-studies/inductive-bible-study-hints
I also have embedded a video here of Dr. Robert Traina, who is a pioneer in this method, teaching a seminary class on how to go about IBS. The video is long, almost 100 minutes, but if you have the time it is excellent teaching from a great professor.
Your brother in Christ,
Faron
Tonight we talked about a method of Bible study known as inductive Bible study (IBS). It is a manner of going to the text aware of our presuppositions, attempting to set those aside and then allowing the text to speak to us on its own merits. This is the first of many Bible studies we will be doing over the next year and this is the manner in which I want us to approach the text so I have posted two links to articles about this method. The first is from Asbury Seminary where I learned the technique. It is a comprehensive site about this method which is the preferred method of study taught at the seminary. The second is to Intervarsity Press where they offer some helpful hints on how to go about IBS. Both are worthy of your time and will be helpful to you as we go through the year.
http://inductivebiblestudy.seedbed.com/
http://www.intervarsity.org/bible-studies/inductive-bible-study-hints
I also have embedded a video here of Dr. Robert Traina, who is a pioneer in this method, teaching a seminary class on how to go about IBS. The video is long, almost 100 minutes, but if you have the time it is excellent teaching from a great professor.
Your brother in Christ,
Faron
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