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¿Qué es el liderazgo?

IMG_2102La palabra liderazgo puede ser difícil de definir, pero comprensible cuando lo ves. Esto significa que la esencia del liderazgo no sólo se conoce por su definición, sino también a través de verlo en acción. Después de todo, el Reino de Dios no es solo palabras sino es poder junto con acción.

Antes de continuar, piensa en alguien que sea un gran líder. ¿Quién, además de Jesús, es tu líder favorito de todos los tiempos? ¿Puedes nombrar a alguien? Volveremos a esto, pero quiero animarte a pensar en el nombre de un líder.

Aquí te muestro dos definiciones de liderazgo: Continue reading “¿Qué es el liderazgo?”

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Samara Marie…. 5 years later

Five years ago I interviewed a friend of a friend who had just completed The World Race.   You may have heard of it or known someone who has been on it… you know, 11 countries in 11 months.  If you don’t know, google it.  There’s a lot out there on it.  I had been down to visit the founder and some of the directors of the program prior to that, but wanted to get a perspective of someone who didn’t work for Adventures in Missions (the organization who runs The Race).  I was thankful for Samara’s transparent feedback.  If you want to read that interview, click here….

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They have Samara surrounded!!

This time we didn’t catch up over Skype, like the time before.  We sat down in Chiang Mai for a face to face, and even though I knew Samara a little better over the time in between, this was my first time to meet her in person.  I was thankful for the opportunity. Continue reading “Samara Marie…. 5 years later”

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My Unremarkable Life

img_3860If my life is so unremarkable, why the idle chatter and incessant neediness? Are we attempting to be coddled in the ambiance of indifference, from the echoes of our own voice and those who sound just like us? Let’s all live down to the averages or below, and spew idle and persistent encouragement to our comrades in chains, snared in uselessness and blind wandering. Will we ever grow sick of ourselves? i hope so.

Why do we set our eyes, hopes (and fears) on everything that surrounds us, and not lift our gaze to the only One who imbues with transforming power? Or should we go on and continue to let our circumstances define us, drawing our identity from mediocrity?

We seem to have gone so long on the road of the nominal – keeping within expectations – that we are trying to make it a more comfortable passing, instead of rising above it. Perhaps we prefer all of this underwhelming existence to the risk required to break free? And yet, even with a hint of hope that breaking free is possible, it lingers just outside our grasp. How can we summon the courage necessary for change?

Phooey, and utter contempt on the low living of the averages. I was born, you were born, to overcome. Continue reading “My Unremarkable Life”

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Effective vs. Ineffective Forms of Confrontation, by Danny Silk

 What environment are you creating around you?

 /  (Used by permission.  Please find other great leadership resources at LovingOnPurpose.com)

As leaders, it is our responsibility to create an environment where people feel honored, and therefore, safe to be confronted. There will be no culture of honor without the active use of effective confrontation. The skill of combining these two relational elements-honor and confrontation- is the key to sustaining an environment of grace.

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