Psalm 23:6 – Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. We live in a world that glorifies “top dog” leadership, not servant leadership. And yet, it is incredible as one evaluates the grandest and best leaders of history and …
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I got to go to church last Sunday and sit in the pew and listen to someone else preach. It doesn’t happen very often, but it did this last week. Our Pastor was talking about Servant Leadership, and one of his points was entitled, “Raise Up Better”. “Raise Up Better” is the idea that we’re …
A very successful business man, Max De Pree of Steelcase, put together this amazing statement: “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality, the last is to say ‘Thank you.’ In between the two, the leaders must become a servant.” For the leader, that’s where the tires hit the freeway. That’s putting shoes …