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Iron Leaders, Thank you for participating in an outstanding year of Iron Leadership meetings. It was good for my soul and my leadership to walk through the year with Moses. Two books that helped me in preparation were Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership by Ruth Haley Barton and Leaving Egypt by Chuck DeGroat. These are great books to read through to strengthen your soul and your leadership. Beginning May 22, I am taking an eight week sabbatical in order to…
IL 5/5/23: Passing The Baton – Exodus 32-33
(Audio Transcription Below) Watch the following videos below: Women’s Relay: China – Disaster Men’s World Record: Brazil – Perfection We are all running a race and at some point, you are going to make a handoff. You will hand off your children, your business, your team, your church and eventually you will hand off your life. How are you preparing the person receiving the baton to be ready? Joshua was Moses’ successor. Joshua was the one who would carry the baton…
We Have Super-Sized Our Life
Do you feel overwhelmed by the size of things in our culture? Sometimes, like this massive truck, it is just too much. Pastor Ron Golding explores this idea in his article, “Moses, the Mountain, and a Mass of Email”. He writes: “We have the world’s information in our pockets—we must be omniscient. We can respond to everything everywhere—we must be omnipresent. We have incredible technology that can solve “all” our problems—we must be omnipotent…When we buy the lie that we…
IL 4/26/23: Failure
(Audio Transcription Below) This morning I want to talk about FAILURE. Sometimes as the Leader you have just had it! So you rant and sometimes throw your team under the bus. Watch how this guy starts his press conference & then how this SIU coach throws his whole team under the bus. Numbers 20:1-13 “And the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. And Miriam…
Impact
It is the week of The Masters Golf Tournament, and I am fortunate enough to have a kind and generous friend who gave me two tickets to Thursday’s opening round! I am like a kid on Christmas morning! You don’t have to know much about golf to understand that so much of it revolves around the word impact. If you impact the golf ball in just the right way and with just enough force, you will enjoy your round of…
IL 3/24/23: The Imperative of a Team
(Audio Transcription Below) Problem: I don’t know how to lead/be a part of a team (or I think I don’t need one) so I’m stuck where I’m at in life. Exodus 17:8-13 8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. 9 So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua…