“One aspect of a job well done as a servant leader is how well we have prepared others to carry on after our season of leadership influence is completed. Our leadership legacy is not just limited to what we accomplished, but it includes what we leave behind in the hearts and minds of those with whom we had a chance to teach and work.”
― Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time
― Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time
“Reconciling conflict is not about knowing or feeling. It is about obeying and being. That is, holiness is a craft, a discipline that requires a community of others to practice. We cannot be holy alone.”
― Making Peace: A Guide to Overcoming Church Conflict
― Making Peace: A Guide to Overcoming Church Conflict
“Coming from circumstances of privilege and opportunity does not guarantee success as God defines it, nor does being raised in circumstances of abuse and poverty consign someone to failure. In any circumstance, at any time, anyone can choose to follow Jesus. In that moment, the external circumstances pale in comparison to the inner resources that knowing and following Jesus provides.”
― Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time
― Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time
“In the hands of the untalented, a clarinet is a lethal weapon. There are states that allow the sale of automatic assault weapons but ban the use of clarinets at school concerts. If played poorly, they are the sonic equivalent of Hurricane Katrina.”
― Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me: A Memoir. . . of Sorts
― Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me: A Memoir. . . of Sorts
“In addition to His leadership resume, Jesus understood from years of personal experience the challenges of daily life and work. Although Jesus was God, He was not ashamed to do a man’s work. He spent the first thirty years of His life on earth as a workingman—the carpenter of Nazareth. We can never sufficiently realize the wonder of the fact that Jesus understands a day’s work and knows the difficulty of making ends meet. He knows the frustration of ill-mannered customers and clients who won’t pay their bills. He knows the difficulties of living in an ordinary home and in a big family, and He knows the problems that beset us in the everyday world.”
― Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time
― Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time
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