I was listening to sports radio yesterday. The issue brought up was about an audio file of Rick Patino, a very successful college mens basketball coach. He was ripping into his team verbally and swearing at them. The question posed was whether today's student athletes can handle this sort of coaching... or are they now …
Continue reading Being a Bad Coach, and How that May Relate to a Bad Minister
Over the years, I have been having more and more doubts with regards to the concept of "vision" as it is used in the Christian Leadership culture. This may come out as more like a laundry list of concerns... and I am not at a point of resolution... but I think writing them down will …
Thesis: Vision from the top. Round 3. The Bible is all about vision from the top. God spoke to Moses, and protected him from others that sought to impose their own visions. God sets up and takes down kings. God speaks to the prophets. The people are supposed to submit to authority in both church …
<Note: I am using a looser definition of "vision" than some would like. I am not assuming vision necessarily means "vision from God." After all, those of us on the outside of the experience cannot say for sure that a positive view of the future is from God, or self or somewhere else.> No, despite …
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I noticed that I have been putting in a number of posts that fit into the category of "Christian Leadership." I haven't been doing that much in the past. I suppose it is because we have been in the process of organizing our mission group, Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center (www.bukallife.org). I have also …
A lot of times in Christian circles, we focus on the extremes. Extreme faith, extreme dedication, extreme charisma, extreme courage, etc. There is a place for that... and I suppose, it is reasonable that the heroes of the faith are often people of rather extreme temperaments, even (perhaps) collectors of personality disorders. They are people …