Merry Christmas from The Leadership Institute Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus Come, Thou long expected Jesus Born to set Thy people free From our fears and sins release us Let us find our rest in Thee Israel’s strength and consolation Hope of all the earth Thou art Dear desire of every nation Joy of […]
Merry Christmas from The Leadership Institute
Prayer: Learning by Doing
I love these lines from John Chapman (1865-1933), an English Benedictine abbot known especially for his work in retreat leading: ??the only way to pray is to pray; and the way to pray well is to pray much. If one has no time for this, then one must at least pray regularly. But the […]
My Finest Gift I Bring
This year Christmas songs are pouring into every inch of our cozy, ministry-provided home. (Pandora Station, Christmas Hymns.) I turn up the volume so I can hear the tunes upstairs or downstairs and as I go about my tasks and projects. At times I hum or sing along, enjoying the reminders of this season of […]
How Competent Are You?
What makes me feel competent or incompetent in my life or my work? One dictionary describes competence as ?adequacy; possession of required skill, knowledge, qualification, or capacity; sufficiency; a sufficient quantity.? Competence is an enough word. It means having what I need to do the work I have been given. There was a time when […]
Allow God to Love You
The following quote?comes from?Abb? Henri de Tourville (1842-1903), who was ordained as a French priest in 1873. His two most noteworthy proteges were Baron Friedrich Von H?gel and Charles de Foucauld (spiritual father of the ?Little Brothers of Jesus,? an order that Brennan Manning was part of earlier in his ministry). I love the simple […]
255 Million Definitions of Leadership
255,000,000. That?s the number of results Google returned when I typed in the words: definition of leadership. There may actually be more definitions of leadership than there are leaders in the world! So, it?s with great trepidation that I submit this blog post and the next that will hopefully result, with any help from the […]
