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Don’t trust leaders who act like they have it together. They are lying.
An apparent contradiction exists between the clear call to fellowship in the bible and the role of a leader. It is normal that most change begins with one person having a realization, picturing a different future and then telling people about it. The truth is that leadership is a lonely job. A.W. Tozer said “Most of the world’s greatest souls have been lonely”. Author of Spiritual Leadership, J.O. Sanders says, “We naturally enjoy and need the company of others, and want to share with others the heavy burden of responsibility and care. It is sometimes heartbreaking to make decisions of far-reaching importance that affect the lives of beloved fellow workers…
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Different so we can serve each other
Poatina Morning Tea devotion given today I don’t feel like jumping on a plane and flying to South Africa And the request for a suitcase is real. I have destroyed 2 in my last 2 trips oversees, so if you have a sturdy one that would be great. Getting read to go to South Africa, I was really affected by visit to Robin Island. What would i have done if I was Nelson Mandella Does life happen to you, or do you make life happen? In South Africa White people were in power, and they used that power to oppress the black and coloured people as a way of staying…
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Why would you wrestle?
One step at a time I was left an anonymous gift last week. It is a hand-made bookmark with a photo of a beach and two trails of footprints with the words “His footsteps my pathway, one step at a time”. For me that little bookmark sums up faith. Faith is the wrestle to follow in Jesus’ footsteps, and his footsteps usually lead in a direction that at least part of me doesn’t want to go. I have been writing about the wrestle of faith and how often the main opponent in the wrestle is actually myself. The obvious question is, why would you wrestle at all?
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South Africa Pigrimage: the culmination
A mountaintop experience Yesterday the South Africa Pilgrimage came to a symbolic close. We took the cable car to the top of the spectacular Table Mountain and built a cairn of rocks symbolising the relationships made, lessons learned and moments we don’t want to forget. For me the pilgrimage has been about coming face to face with heroes. People who have given and are giving themselves for a purpose bigger than themselves. As I placed my rock on the cairn, that was what I said it represented.
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South African Pilgrimage: Invictus
I am the master of my own destiny I am sitting on a flight to South Africa and I have just cried myself through “Invictus”. I am still processing why it affected me quite as much as it did. It was certainly a bit of a challenge sitting in economy and trying to manage my emotions.
