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| I am using a new blog service for my main blog. This site will remain the same, and will continue to provide a place for leaders to connect at LCC. This site will be more LCC specific than the other site.
Check out the new blog at www.revshortridge.blogspot.com
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| CareNet is hosting a post abortion seminar for people interested in ministering to those who have had an abortion. I would love to see someone at LCC pick this up as a ministry. Here is the info:
Thursday
June 5, 2008
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
New Covenant Fellowship
Email for info or to confirm your attendance:
Susan Casoni
Administrative Director
Care Net Pregnancy Resource Centers
susan.manassasprc@verizon.net
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| I am making a few changes with this site. In the past, everything here was protected postings. In other words, you needed to be registered by me on the site and signed in to xanga to get to the content. I am making a change in this. All of the LCC specific content is still protected, but the general leadership postings are public. This means:
-- Replies to some posts are visible on the web to anyone that accesses this site.
-- Emerging leaders can explore leadership without signing in.
-- Those who want access to LCC specific postings can still let me know by email, and I will add them to the site.
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| In a Cohort meeting last night, we explored how well LCC is supporting and training leaders. To some degree we fall short here, but I really struggle with what is needed and what is expected here. Good leaders can be developed, but I believe great leaders are self led. Someone that has to be guided in every decision is not leading, they are following. The list below is from Bill Hybels and is a valuable assessment tool to help you become self-led in your leadership. Take the time to get some paper and pencil and answer these questions. They will be a great tool to help you lead yourself to greatness:
Is my calling sure? Is my vision clear? Is my passion hot? Is my character submitted to Christ? Is my pride subdued? Are my fears at bay? Are interior (heart) issues undermining my leadership? Are my ears open to the Spirit's whisper? Is my pace sustainable? Is my heart for God increasing? Is my capacity for loving increasing?
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| One of the worst things that can happen to your ministry is to end it in the shame of moral failure. The problem is that it is easy to fall into the trap of moral compromise and failure. The checklist below is a great tool that I found to check yourself to see if you are slipping toward moral failure: (It is written from a man's perspective, but easily translates for women)
- Do I feel a sense of entitlement? - "I
deserve this because of who I am or what I do."
- Am I a gifted entrepreneur, but my life is out
of balance?
- Do I have the ability to compartmentalize my
moral choices? Can I do something wrong and then mentally put it aside
while I do something right?
- Do I expect my employees and peers to keep quiet
when I do questionable things?
- Am I a "high risk" man who loves the
adrenaline rush of danger or compromise?
- Am I a magnet for women? Do they love my power,
money, influence, and personality?
- Is my integrity in check?
- Am I surrounded with "yes men" with
very little accountability?
- Do I compromise my conscience?
- Who is my mentor? Who am I a mentor to?
- Do I play by my own rules? Do I have an ethical
code?
- Do I handle stress in a healthy way?
- What do I do with my money? Integrity includes
both my physical and my financial self.
- Are my moods under control?
- Have I found a balance with money, sex, and
power?
Let's work together as leaders here at LCC to keep ourselves above reproach.
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