Tag: leadership
Notes on Leadership and Followership
These are my notes from a sermon a couple of weeks ago on the topic of leadership and followership. I am not identifying the person who gave it, since I did not ask permission first. 🙂 These are in a rough format, as I did not have time to tidy…
Arthur Conan Doyle on War, the Day Washington Burned, and Is Power Evil?
What is leadership without power? Those cheeky Brits! 3 The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name. ~ Ex 15:3 The BBC News Magazine ran a piece yesterday on “Arthur Conan Doyle’s eerie vision of the future of war“. He wrote a propaganda piece in 1914 called “Danger!…
Super Heroes, Authority and Microclimates (Microcultures)
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. ~ Lk 12:32 I suppose I’m getting old. I don’t know about you, but I like the old heroes the best. I don’t think it boring that the good guys wear white hats…
Leadership and Martin Luther King, Jr
President Lyndon B Johnson with civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr, Whitney Young and James Farmer Today, I posted on my technology blog, “Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.“: I remember when my daughter was still in grade school, one of her friends was looking at a calendar, and…
Governor Chris Christie Takes Personal Responsibility and Apologizes
New Jersey Governor Christ Christie, 2011 Photo by Bob Jagendorf 6 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law…
Quintessential Leader Blog on Viewing the Entire Person
Quote and photo by CM Earnest Human beings excel at form over substance, quantity over quality and presentation over functionality. Just look at our current batch of politicians, and it tells the same old story that has been around since Adam and Eve. Eve made that very same mistake when…
Leading By Humble Example (“The Way”)
Ancient Qumran lamp from time of King Herod’s reign 9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. ~ Ac 19:9 Christianity, especially in the…
Forms of Government — It’s What the World Seeks
Hierarchical governance structure is often compared to a pyramid Photo by Sturm58 It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. ~ Sir Winston Churchill It’s no secret that American politics is such a mess. Yet, how many times…
Shadows Poll Disturbing But Not Surprising
Shadows of WCG Next Generation posted the preliminary results of a poll. AFAIK, the poll is still open for voting, though. While I don’t endorse everything on the site, “J” has, at least IMO, bent over backwards to give credit where credit is due and vice-versa. The poll really is…
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Notes on Leadership and Followership
These are my notes from a sermon a couple of weeks ago on the topic of leadership and followership. I am not identifying the person who gave it, since I did not ask permission first. 🙂 These are in a rough format, as I did not have time to tidy…
Arthur Conan Doyle on War, the Day Washington Burned, and Is Power Evil?
What is leadership without power? Those cheeky Brits! 3 The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name. ~ Ex 15:3 The BBC News Magazine ran a piece yesterday on “Arthur Conan Doyle’s eerie vision of the future of war“. He wrote a propaganda piece in 1914 called “Danger!…
Super Heroes, Authority and Microclimates (Microcultures)
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. ~ Lk 12:32 I suppose I’m getting old. I don’t know about you, but I like the old heroes the best. I don’t think it boring that the good guys wear white hats…
Leadership and Martin Luther King, Jr
President Lyndon B Johnson with civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr, Whitney Young and James Farmer Today, I posted on my technology blog, “Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.“: I remember when my daughter was still in grade school, one of her friends was looking at a calendar, and…
Governor Chris Christie Takes Personal Responsibility and Apologizes
New Jersey Governor Christ Christie, 2011 Photo by Bob Jagendorf 6 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law…
Quintessential Leader Blog on Viewing the Entire Person
Quote and photo by CM Earnest Human beings excel at form over substance, quantity over quality and presentation over functionality. Just look at our current batch of politicians, and it tells the same old story that has been around since Adam and Eve. Eve made that very same mistake when…
Leading By Humble Example (“The Way”)
Ancient Qumran lamp from time of King Herod’s reign 9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. ~ Ac 19:9 Christianity, especially in the…
Forms of Government — It’s What the World Seeks
Hierarchical governance structure is often compared to a pyramid Photo by Sturm58 It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. ~ Sir Winston Churchill It’s no secret that American politics is such a mess. Yet, how many times…
Shadows Poll Disturbing But Not Surprising
Shadows of WCG Next Generation posted the preliminary results of a poll. AFAIK, the poll is still open for voting, though. While I don’t endorse everything on the site, “J” has, at least IMO, bent over backwards to give credit where credit is due and vice-versa. The poll really is…