Comments on: Crippling them… http://solarcrash.com/2008/01/crippling-them/ 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: Lon http://solarcrash.com/2008/01/crippling-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2863 Lon Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:10:50 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2008/01/16/crippling-them/#comment-2863 Thanks for the reflections folks. I'm still learning to let people fail and fall flat on their faces, it's tough to not step in and just take care of things ourselves. it can be a fine line between encouraging and being over-bearing though - but I really do feel that most people live life without anyone at all expecting much of them at all in the areas that actually matter. Thanks for the reflections folks. I’m still learning to let people fail and fall flat on their faces, it’s tough to not step in and just take care of things ourselves.

it can be a fine line between encouraging and being over-bearing though – but I really do feel that most people live life without anyone at all expecting much of them at all in the areas that actually matter.

]]> By: Brandon Donaldson http://solarcrash.com/2008/01/crippling-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2771 Brandon Donaldson Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:36:17 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2008/01/16/crippling-them/#comment-2771 Lon, so good. I think in the church we do this on many levels. Afraid to set the bar to high in following Christ because we don't want to scare them off. I think the truth is they are wanting to know the bar is higher. They sense that it is; they sense that they could actually live up to it; they sense they were created for it, but no one is pushing them there. Fear of failure can be crippling thing...and it starts with the leader. Lon, so good. I think in the church we do this on many levels. Afraid to set the bar to high in following Christ because we don’t want to scare them off.
I think the truth is they are wanting to know the bar is higher. They sense that it is; they sense that they could actually live up to it; they sense they were created for it, but no one is pushing them there. Fear of failure can be crippling thing…and it starts with the leader.

]]> By: Christi D. http://solarcrash.com/2008/01/crippling-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2767 Christi D. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:46:11 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2008/01/16/crippling-them/#comment-2767 Great point, Lon! I can see this with our kids too! If we don't discipline them or demand much from them, we are taking away from who they could become. Great point, Lon! I can see this with our kids too! If we don’t discipline them or demand much from them, we are taking away from who they could become.

]]> By: tony sheng http://solarcrash.com/2008/01/crippling-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2766 tony sheng Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:02:26 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2008/01/16/crippling-them/#comment-2766 that's one of my favorite movies. in my opinion, it's a really important concept. when our summer teams go out, i always make a big point of telling the leaders that they need to let the students do as much of the 'ministry' as they possibly can, including letting them fail even when the leaders can see it coming. not only is it a different perspective on who you are leading, it's also a different perspective on your role as a leader. good post. that’s one of my favorite movies.

in my opinion, it’s a really important concept. when our summer teams go out, i always make a big point of telling the leaders that they need to let the students do as much of the ‘ministry’ as they possibly can, including letting them fail even when the leaders can see it coming.

not only is it a different perspective on who you are leading, it’s also a different perspective on your role as a leader.

good post.

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