Comments on: Leaders take responsibility… http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/leaders-take-responsibility/ Creativity, Faith, and Culture in the City Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Solar Crash: 2007 round-up | Solar Crash http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/leaders-take-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-2637 Solar Crash: 2007 round-up | Solar Crash Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:05:17 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/08/leaders-take-responsibility/#comment-2637 [...] Silence in the church The challenge of preaching today Canada vs. the U.S. Leaders need community Leaders take responsibility High school all over again Risky Leadership Creation Re-Imagined My moonwalking baby Less is more [...] [...] Silence in the church The challenge of preaching today Canada vs. the U.S. Leaders need community Leaders take responsibility High school all over again Risky Leadership Creation Re-Imagined My moonwalking baby Less is more [...]

]]> By: Lon http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/leaders-take-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1585 Lon Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:48:05 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/08/leaders-take-responsibility/#comment-1585 Hey Jean, Jesus being the greatest leader of all time, I think every follower of Jesus is a leader, or at least has leadership potential within them... I've never heard of TEAL, i just quickly checked out the site, looks interesting... i find more and more research on leadership today, is simply revealing what Jesus had always said... Hey Jean, Jesus being the greatest leader of all time, I think every follower of Jesus is a leader, or at least has leadership potential within them…

I’ve never heard of TEAL, i just quickly checked out the site, looks interesting… i find more and more research on leadership today, is simply revealing what Jesus had always said…

]]> By: jean http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/leaders-take-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1584 jean Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:43:00 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/08/leaders-take-responsibility/#comment-1584 This is a fascinating discussion! The basic dafinition of a leader is that he or she has followers (Drucker?) and some the greatest leaders have influence but lacked intergrity. Jesus seems so much more than a Leader King, Saviour, Friend Lover, Lord of all-many leaders but only one Jesus. When I set out in search of definitions I found more than I expected and very directly related to your starting point. including a study of Jesus as leader. This is a thoroughly worth while site* for anyone involved in Christian Leadership but perhaps you arealready involved with it? It covers the familiar stuff from the Social Sciences and much more. I just Googled 'leadership definition and came up with the *TEAL Trust- Have you seen it ? what do you think? This is a fascinating discussion! The basic dafinition of a leader is that he or she has followers (Drucker?) and some the greatest leaders have influence but lacked intergrity. Jesus seems so much more than a Leader King, Saviour, Friend Lover, Lord of all-many leaders but only one Jesus.
When I set out in search of definitions I found more than I expected and very directly related to your starting point. including a study of Jesus as leader. This is a thoroughly worth while site* for anyone involved in Christian Leadership but perhaps you arealready involved with it? It covers the familiar stuff from the Social Sciences and much more.
I just Googled ‘leadership definition and came up with the *TEAL Trust- Have you seen it ? what do you think?

]]> By: Lon http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/leaders-take-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1583 Lon Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:35:26 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/08/leaders-take-responsibility/#comment-1583 Sean, thanks for dropping by. I thought the picture was totally profound... Jonathan, thanks for tuning in. You're right, faith plays a big part in things. I'd say that it's not only those who are studying theology, but even most secular experts would say Jesus was one of the greatest leaders of all time. Jim Collins would call him a level five leader. Regardless of what people think of him, he has marked our world as we know it more than any one individual in history. All the leadership stuff aside though, sometimes I have the same doubts, but as I follow the ways of Jesus, for some reason, I find myself becoming more, and more, the person I've always longed to become. Thanks for commenting Jonathan, and feel free to chime in here any other time as well! Sean, thanks for dropping by. I thought the picture was totally profound…

Jonathan, thanks for tuning in. You’re right, faith plays a big part in things. I’d say that it’s not only those who are studying theology, but even most secular experts would say Jesus was one of the greatest leaders of all time. Jim Collins would call him a level five leader. Regardless of what people think of him, he has marked our world as we know it more than any one individual in history.

All the leadership stuff aside though, sometimes I have the same doubts, but as I follow the ways of Jesus, for some reason, I find myself becoming more, and more, the person I’ve always longed to become. Thanks for commenting Jonathan, and feel free to chime in here any other time as well!

]]> By: Jonathan http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/leaders-take-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1582 Jonathan Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:26:10 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/08/leaders-take-responsibility/#comment-1582 Interesting post. I tend to sit on the fence with issues such as this - we are never really going to know what happened during the time Jesus was alive, so it therefore depends on how much faith you have in the version of history told to us by scripture. It's a great question to pose to somebody studying theology though - was Jesus a good leader? Interesting post.

I tend to sit on the fence with issues such as this – we are never really going to know what happened during the time Jesus was alive, so it therefore depends on how much faith you have in the version of history told to us by scripture.

It’s a great question to pose to somebody studying theology though – was Jesus a good leader?

]]> By: sspeters http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/leaders-take-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1581 sspeters Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:17:52 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/08/leaders-take-responsibility/#comment-1581 Lon, Words we should all be pondering deeply ... thanks for the reminder. I LOVE the picture. So much power in images! Lon,

Words we should all be pondering deeply … thanks for the reminder.

I LOVE the picture. So much power in images!

]]> By: Lon http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/leaders-take-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1580 Lon Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:42:16 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/08/leaders-take-responsibility/#comment-1580 Thanks for dropping by Jean. You're right, we need new eyes as we look at those around us. and good catch on pilate! i've got to correct that! Albert, don't worry even the best of us get into funks... but it's always helpful to take a step back and look beyond ourselves... Thanks for dropping by Jean. You’re right, we need new eyes as we look at those around us. and good catch on pilate! i’ve got to correct that!

Albert, don’t worry even the best of us get into funks… but it’s always helpful to take a step back and look beyond ourselves…

]]> By: Albert http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/leaders-take-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1579 Albert Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:32:04 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/08/leaders-take-responsibility/#comment-1579 Man, how can I "ever" complain about my life...? Man, how can I “ever” complain about my life…?

]]> By: jean http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/leaders-take-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1578 jean Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:26:39 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2007/02/08/leaders-take-responsibility/#comment-1578 As the world judges Jesus was not a successful leader, choosing humility and servanthood and even his closest followers disappeared at the end. (But wasn't it Pilate who washed his hands??) Jesus called us to follow as he did in obedience to the Father and empowered by the Spirit I think you are right about seeing reality but it is looking at each person with Gods eyes and loving them with His love; so good leaders are tuned to Gods wavelength rather than acting on their dtrength--- As the world judges Jesus was not a successful leader, choosing humility and servanthood and even his closest followers disappeared at the end. (But wasn’t it Pilate who washed his hands??)
Jesus called us to follow as he did in obedience to the Father and empowered by the Spirit
I think you are right about seeing reality but it is looking at each person with Gods eyes and loving them with His love; so good leaders are tuned to Gods wavelength rather than acting on their dtrength—

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