Friday, March 7, 2025

How to lead


After I Peter 5:1-4
 

Shepherd the people given

you to lead; be watchmen,

not tyrants. Don’t lead

because you think you’re

forced to, but with the willing

spirit God has given you.

Leadership is not about

personal gain or enrichment,

a shameful thing. But with

an eager, serving spirit and

desire to serve, lead 

by example, by being what 

you want your flock to be.

Walk with your flock,

guide your flock, love

you flock, the chosen ones.

Do this, and the crown

of glory is yours.

 

Photograph by Biegun Wschodni via Unsplash. Used with permission.


Some Friday Readings

Good to Go! – Mark Daniels.

Genuflection – poem by Gilbert Luis R. Centina III at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin). 

The Holy Art of the Edit – Andrew Roycroft at New Grub Street.

Your Son Got in Trouble at School: A Case Study in Tribalism – Samuel D. James at Digital Liturgies.

The Good News About Being a Sheep – Michael Kelley at Forward Progress.

1 comment:

  1. That's what servant leadership should look like. Beautifully said here, Glynn!

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