It’s been great to be accepted as minister of Kangaroo Valley. Our family is very excited and we see God’s clear intervention in our thinking and planning . What a relief that he is in charge and is the perfect leader! You can read about Kangaroo Valley here. Our last Sunday at Mittagong is May 17, we’ll move the next day to KV, then unpack as quickly as we can then take some hols. We’ll start at Kangaroo Valley on June 9. Thank you for your prayers. God has answered in a wonderful and creative way.
I’ve been reflecting on my leadership with the upcoming move. Lately I’ve been reading a book called ‘Strengthening the Soul of your Leadership’ by Ruth Haley Barton. Although I think her attempt to link between the book of Exodus and her consequent psychological assessments of Moses are a bit of a stretch, she says some great stuff about leadership and ourselves. I wonder if, upon reflection, you would agree with these comments:
A leader is a person who must take special responsibility for what’s going on inside him- or herself, inside his or her consciousness, lest the act of leadership create more harm than good.
Taking responsibility for oneself may well be more demanding than taking responsibility for a congregation or an organization! (p48)
The more volatile and out of control our responses are, the more we can be sure that we are reacting out of old adaptive patterns rather than God-graced, Spirit-filled responses. (p51)
Powerful and very true words.
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