3.0 Dreaming — While Wide Awake
Time flies so quickly, and at mid-life it seems to accelerate. It's hard to believe I've already completed Encounter 3, and the first year of the CREST Leadership Certificate Program. This Encounter, “Tightening the Grip on Your Strengths,” started a little different...
read more2.5 Keeping Your Core Consistent
The time between the CREST Encounters is designed to be a time of reflection as well as preparation for the next Encounter, and between Encounter 2 and 3 is no different. The assignments coming out of Encounter 2 are to identify our deep core values and purpose...
read moreShadows and Light 07: Fear Not
I was up the face of the cliff about 100 feet. I had joined the local Jerusalem rock climbing club for a day in the wilderness. The rocky cliffs in this barren area of Israel are where David fled from King Saul. I was there taking it all in, exhilarated at the...
read moreShadows and Light 06: Failure
We are all a mixed bag with shadows and light. We want to be light-bringers, but if we are really honest, we don’t always do it that well. Especially when things are not going well. Expectations from others (or from ourselves) put pressure on us to perform. We want...
read moreShadows and Light 05: Functional Atheism
When I first read Parker Palmer’s phrase “functional atheism” applied to Christian leaders, I resisted it. How can it be that the very ones seeking to point people to God can be functionally atheist?! Until I read further. There can be a disconnect between what we...
read moreShadows and Light 04: Chaos
Shadows and Light 04: Chaos This is #4 in a series on Shadows and Light in Leadership. We who are trusted with leadership have the power to project either shadow or light. That is a huge responsibility! We’d better make sure we are doing all we can to give light. But...
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