I’ve never seen a ten-year-old play like this! I’ve also never heard a ten-year-old talk like this.
Is it possible that this kid is playing and preaching in the NBA in ten years?! Doesn’t seem like a stretch either way.
Jaylin Fleming
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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Heart of a Shepherd
Eighteen months ago, I sat in a workshop led by Lynn Anderson. He was speaking about spiritual leadership and what he was describing as “The Heart of a Shepherd”.
Some recent spring cleaning led me to the notes I took that day. For those in “official” positions of spiritual leadership, or for any who care about their ability and responsibility to influence others for good, perhaps some of these quips will bring something of value to you today.
- We cannot fix churches. We can’t even fix people. We can’t even fix ourselves!
- A critique of many who attempt to lead: “You want the Jesus results without the Jesus way.”
- “A spiritual leader is the kind of person who God-hungry people want to be like.”
- At some level, the heart of a shepherd is a broken heart. And we need churches that are full of shepherds who have hurt.
- Getting hurt by the people we love is central to some of the greatest ministry getting done.
- If you don’t love people enough for them to break your heart, you likely don’t love them enough to do them much good.
Anything resonate with your spot on the road today?
Up Again
“It’s not how many times you fall down; it’s how many you get up.”
I heard that somewhere. I’m sure whoever said it wasn’t speaking of blogging. But since they aren’t here to defend proper context, I’m using it. March 2010 was the month of zero posts for me. Wow–that’s a feat. Even more impressive (or depressing) after my December commitment.
Time to get back up.
Though I aim for consistency (in any way), I’m discovering that I’m more like Chelsey than I might have thought–aside from super-creative and married to Pete and a mother. In those ways, I was clear about our differences.
So as something of a middle ground, I’m aiming for four posts per week from here until June 1.
That might sound ambitious on the heels of my recent failures, but it’s easier than it looks. For all of May, I’m signed up for another travel class that presses me into a self-imposed write-or-I’ll-kill-you frame of mind. So it’s really just April when I have to navigate my you-should-write-but-you-don’t-really-have-to tightrope.
Let’s press “publish” and get this thing started.