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March 7, 2019
What Should I Do in Response to Jesus?
Another form of "Here I am" is "What shall I do?" This was the Apostle Paul's response to Jesus on the Damascus road. When Jesus calls, how do you respond?
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March 4, 2019
Moving Toward Jesus
How does our belief in Jesus change our behavior? Do we find ourselves moving toward him and looking to him for guidance in our daily life? Should we?
February 28, 2019
Begin Work Listening to God
What does it take to inspire you to begin work listening to God? Do you consider God your boss? If you did, would you listen to him more?
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February 25, 2019
5 Actions to Go On-Mission to Your Job
Do we need to leave Jesus when we go to work? In this post we list 5 simple actions we can take to go on-mission with Jesus to our own job.
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February 21, 2019
6 People Who Said “Here I Am” To God
When we say "Here I am" to God, we go on-mission with him. Check out this brief recap and see if you can apply this to your life.
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February 18, 2019
Appointments with Destiny
How do you treat your various appointments and meetings each day? Do you dislike meetings? Would you act differently if your next meeting was an interview?What if our next meeting was a meeting between the person we’re scheduled to meet, and Jesus? Our job is to make the introduction. The way we interact with this other person, the way we show up, the focus and attention we bring, and the way we prepare, these variables and more communicate what we think about the meeting.
November 7, 2017
Vision and Impact
What kind of difference will you make? And how long will it matter?
I believe we all lead. And the best leaders lead from who they are. Any improvement in leadership is a good thing. But I want to focus on being the best leader and the best person I can be in every circumstance.
I follow one person who, I believe will lead (and has led) forever – Jesus. And, as a follower of his, I believe I have a job to do, which is to live like I believe him and serve others. I do that in a family, a community and a workplace.
As a result, I created a community called Follower of One. It’s for leaders who follow Jesus and want to do what he said, in their everyday context. And I wrote an initial post about the vision for that community, here. If you follow Jesus, check it out. And if you don’t follow Jesus, we will still continue to have quality leadership content shared on this blog and that one. Because, like I said above, any improvement in leadership is a good thing.
Let me know how I can help you grow your impact impact and your leadership and make a positive difference in your world. Thank you for your friendship and attention.
Filed under: Leadership
July 31, 2017
Design and Purpose
When we understand the design of something, we begin to appreciate its purpose. I enjoy mobilizing people to act toward their highest calling or purpose. To that end, we recently launched Follower of One, an online community for everyday Jesus-followers to encourage one another to live their faith and make a positive difference every day. When I live my purpose, I’m more fulfilled and experience greater joy.
Over on the Follower of One blog, I just published a post titled We Have a Job, where I discuss how my belief that I was created on purpose helps me understand how I fit in the world. Read the full post over at Follower of One and let me know what you think.
And if you’re a Jesus-follower and have any interest in joining Follower of One, go over to the community site and register for free and check it out.
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Filed under: Faith Tagged: design, purpose
June 24, 2017
To Guess is Human
Projection is assuming a motive for another person’s actions and then judging the motive. Over the last few days I’ve witnessed a lot of projection.
A coworker thinks others judge him because of some things he said in the pressure of the moment recently. Another had a medical mishap but was embarrassed. A third states why they think the boss made a decision, but based on information I have, they’re not even close.
We see others project assumed motives in a number of places. Right now there’s a pretty tense discussion going on a forum I read. Some readers are pretty sharp in their comments about their disappointment with a recent change. Others criticize the critics. They argue about the use of words and the tone of written forum posts.
We seem to project when we don’t know. Brene Brown talked about this in Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. Her language for the action was that we tell ourselves stories. One of the stories you often hear is what the other political party is doing. My most conservative friends seem to think they have a good idea of what other, more liberal people think. And my liberal friends also think they have a good idea of what the conservatives think.
Neither story seems to represent well, what I think. I wonder how accurate we are guessing what our bosses, or politicians or “Wall Street” or the bleeding hearts are thinking when they do something.
How often do I speculate and judge the motives I’ve guessed for others? I noticed that I only notice projection in others. I don’t often notice it in myself. However, I remember times when I have pontificated about why my boss did something, or what my wife meant when she made a face or turned away while I was talking. I can project with friends, thinking I know what their motives are for something. When I don’t know, I can project; more than I’d like to admit.
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When I’m really honest, I can even get pretty worked up in my own thoughts because of what I think others are thinking. Honesty can be a lot of work.
While we’re being honest, we’re probably much worse at guessing than we think we are. If everyone is out to get us, why don’t they? If they haven’t “gotten us” yet, it may be because they’re not.
When I’m not sure, maybe I can ask the person instead of guessing their motives. Can I withhold judgement until I know for sure? Can I withhold judgement even after I know. And if I can’t find out from the person, maybe I could ask God. He knows everything. Maybe he can help me put myself in the other person’s place. Maybe he can help me give them the space to be what He made them to be. Maybe I can remember the whole world wouldn’t be much fun if everyone thought and acted exactly the same way I do.
Or maybe not. What do you think? Do you ever catch yourself projecting motives onto someone else? Do you find you project motives onto others that would never be your motive? Or do you find you project the same motives you commonly have? I’d really like to know. Take a moment and comment below and share this with your friends. Thanks in advance.
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Filed under: Leadership Tagged: relationships
March 27, 2017
Every Choice Matters
Failing to choose is choosing not to act.
You always have a choice. We make hundreds of choices every day. When will we get up? What will we wear? Breakfast? Exercise? Floss? Some choices happen less often. When will I call Mom? Eat out? Vacation?
Even when change happens to us, we have a choice. We can choose our attitudes and our reactions. We can choose to impact our world for the better or we can binge watch. And we can give the least, go through the motions, shut up and get along.
Or not.
When I first chose to follow Jesus and read the Bible, I realized my earlier beliefs contradicted what the Bible teaches. Almost daily, I faced a choice toline my life up with the Bible or continue to filter its teaching through my historic common sense. My beliefs up to that time weren’t working all that well for me, so I continued to choose to line my life up with the bible. My only regrets were the places where I postponed the change. I knew God’s way was better for me, but I postponed the change.
[image error]My failure to choose was active rejection of God’s teaching. I chose not to follow. In some degree, because of my history, habits, experiences, and because of the things around me, I still fall short in some of the choices I make. But when I’m sane, I remember I have the power to choose. Jesus bought the split second I have between when I have a thought and when I take action. I can choose to line myself up with Him and His will or I can choose my way.
How about you? Do you ever catch yourself avoiding a choice or making a poor choice? What do you do? My prayer is that you would choose to line your life up with Jesus and remember choosing to act is always better than not choosing. The one mistake we can all avoid is the mistake of inaction.
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Filed under: Leadership Tagged: beliefs, choices, Impact
