leadership in ministry
“Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.” Viktor Frankl I struggle with the idea that I can choose how to respond. My immediate responses are emotional. When something happens or is said I feel it… physically. My first Read More …
I run. At least sometimes I run. One of the tricks I’ve discovered is that you can convince yourself of things when you run, especially over a longer distance where the end seems very far away. I can run for 1km. At the end of that 1km I can tell myself the same thing. I Read More …
I wonder if optimism isn’t particularly helpful at times like these in the church? I’m not for a moment suggesting that pessimism is the appropriate stance either, but I was struck by discovering ‘The Stockdale Paradox’. (You can read more about it here… ) The basic premise of the Stockdale Paradox is that optimism is Read More …