Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all.

If you get a chance to listen to an acceppla group called Haven, they have an outstanding Christmas album. I here a part of one song on the Hugh Hewitt show, ordered it. This morning I listened to it. The vocals are excellent. They are from southern California. A few years ago, Bill Geist reported on CBS Sunday morning that there are over one thousand acceppella groups thr0ughout the country. This is a very good one.

Happy New Year!

Friday, December 4, 2009

2 types of leaders

I've been thinking about leaders these days. There are two types. One is the cattle driver. Cattle are driven not lead. They do not follow well but scatter when on their own.

The second is a shepherd. Sheep are lead not driven. Sheep will scatter when driven but follow the trustworthy shepherd. In scripture, humans are compared to sheep not cattle.

Consider some of the leaders I have worked with both in secular and sacred work, it is a lesson few realize. The best results come from a leader who leads by example, not one who barks orders.