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How many things do you do that are different? Think about it for a second: the clothes you wear, the car you drive, the way you parent, the way you lead your ministry, what do you do that's different. Normal is safe, creating something different is hard and painful. I once heard Bill Hybels talk about being made fun of and called a sinner for 15 years and then copied by those same people for the next 15 years.
People (all of us) don't like different. Until something becomes normal we don't like it. This isn't about defending The Fray, or hearing an opinion about the national anthem, this is just a warning, and a wake up call that when you get ready to take a risk or take a chance, get ready for criticism. When you want to parent differently you will get criticism from parents who did it the way they were told. If you want to try something new at work get ready to take some cheap shots from people who don't want you to shake up their routine. If you want to do church differently get ready to be called a sinner from religous people who do it the way they were raised. Non-Creators are always taking shots at creaters. Obviously we all have our opinions and we have every
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If our leadership is going to last and make a difference, there will be points of reference which define us and create spaces where we reflect back and remember. If I’m right, then God provided two such moments for me this week that I’ve chosen to share in hopes they will help you focus your leadership potential. Here they are…
PARANOIA WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY.
King Saul was a man anointed to be king but in his disobedience, God sent the prophet Samuel to let him know his time was up. The remaining years of his leadership were marked by insane craziness even with his own son, thinking that someone was after him. He eventually drove himself to do things he would never have considered doing in his early days. Why? Paranoia. “Paranoia” is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion.
A man whose leadership has been exemplary for many years is under attack by a parishioner whose motives are less than stellar. Strangely, the seasoned leader is under siege emotionally and has been talking and speaking in terms of fear that I have not heard from him in many years. Fear can do that. Leaders are
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Hi, my name is Jason Isaacs, and I am a control freak! I can’t help it; it’s a blessing and a curse. I love it, and I hate it. I try to worship during our services without thinking about how the sound mix could be adjusted, or how the bass player could play a different note, or how the guitar player needs to adjust his EQ, but I can’t. I can at your church, just not at mine.
At one time or another, during the last 7 years at my church, I have held every position except children’s pastor (she gets it easy because I’ve never worked that job), but I have been the student pastor, worship pastor, small group director, teaching pastor, video editor, and sound man. Today, 7 years later, I don’t hold any of those positions. I have delegated all of them. A volunteer holds every position I’ve just listed (except a small part time video position). I can't wait to be able to hire full-time staff personnel, but I can't wait for that day and have nothing going on until then. I've got to raise-up volunteers with whom God has trusted me with now. I don’t claim to be an expert at delegating, and the fact that those volunteers are still with me is more of a testament to them than to me. They
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