Personal Update & Parting Thoughts

NEW > If you're interested in where we're moving to and what job I've taken you'll want to check out this personal update here:

http://www.drurywriting.com/david/07.PersonalUpdate.htm

If you're interested in some of the things I've learned in my 5 years on staff here at SLWC, you'll want to check my parting thoughts here:

http://www.drurywriting.com/david/07.PartingThoughts.htm

Come back here to respond with a comment.

-David

Why Models?

A new post is up at my site on leadership and change models. Heres' the link:

http://www.drurywriting.com/david/07.WhyModels.htm

Feel free to comment below and dialogue with me and others on this issue.

Pastoral Response to Religious Controversy

Pastoral Response to Religious Controversy
What are we to do with the Jesus Family Tomb, the DaVinci Code, the Haggard Scandal, etc.?

It is a Saturday at 10:30 PM and I am quite unlike most pastors at this particular hour. Most other pastors are either a) asleep already or b) at their church running through their messages, one last time honey, before—if it doesn’t go well—they go through it once again in the morning. These correspond to those pastors who, unlike me, are a) over forty years old or b) a senior pastor and preaching tomorrow. I am not preaching tomorrow. Instead, I will be what large churches call “the announcements guy.” I’ll get up and do the announcements, which we call the “strategic concerns.” Only the people in the church find them to be less strategic than getting some extra sleep that morning—which is why they will come ten minutes late and miss the announcements. Unless it snows—and they may elect not to come at all...

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Holistic Holiness for Humanity

This is the general place to post comments on the "Holistic Holiness for Humanity" three part series. It is an attempt to reimagine holiness for today in four dimensions.

The series is complete with all three parts up.,

Click here for part 1. Click here for part 2. Click here for part 3.
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POPCORN LEADERSHIP - The Greatest Leadership Movies of All Time

"Popcorn leadership is easy—just find a great movie on leadership at the theatre, buy some popcorn for twelve dollars or whatever it costs these days, and sit down and learn. Or rent one of the greatest leadership movies of all time, microwave some popcorn and learn (while being entertained of course.)..." Click here for more

Click below to comment or to submit an addition to the list--your favorite leadership movies that isn't shown here.

Small Groups Are Missing Something

Groups do 80% of what I would like to see done in discipleship. I’ve seen them be more effective at building relationships, including new people, developing leaders, fostering a connectedness in the body, serving together, and a host of other positive things in the life of an ordinary Christian. However, I’ve yet to see small groups in general become especially effective at the one thing that adult Sunday School classes were most effective at: and that thing is teaching the Bible…”

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The Intangibles

PARTS NINE AND TEN ARE NOW ONLINE!

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Part One: Introduction
Part Two: Selfless Ownership
Part Three: The Fine Art of Showing Up
Part Four: Taking the Risk and Trying the New
Part Five: Having Fun and Showing It
Part Six: Being Real and Transparent
Part Seven: Being Loyal and Keeping Secrets
Part Eight: Faithfulness
Part Nine: Reward-Sharing

In The Intangibles series I am investigating what I believe are indispensible qualities for leadership but which often go ignored. Comment below on any segment of the series or on the questions below.

Questions:

• What do you think about the suggested list of intangibles? Agree? Disagree?
• What are some intangibles that should have made the list that aren't there?
• What do you think of the first intangible: "Selfless Ownership"? What things do you do to show your ownership in your org?
• What do you think of the second intangible: "The Fine Art of Showing Up"? What kind of "show ups" are important in your organization?
• What do you think of the third intangible: "Taking the Risk and Trying the New"? How have you seen that play out in organizations?
• What do you think of the next intangible: "Having Fun and Showing It"? What things do you do to have fun at work?
• What do you think of the next intangible: "Being Real and Transparent"? How have you worked at being more real and transparent with your people?
• What do you think of the next intangible: "Being Loyal and Keeping Secrets"? How good of a secret-keeper are you? What do you do to generate loyalty in your organization?
• NEW > What do you think of the next intangible: "Faithfulness"? Are you a faithful co-worker? What have you done to improve in being faithul?
• NEW > What do you think of the next intangible: "Reward-Sharing"? What are some great ways to share the rewards of success with your team?