Success Covers a Multitude of Sins | Out of Ur | Following God's Call in a New World | Conversations hosted by the editors of Leadership journal:
07 June 2007
Whose success, which relationality?
"The reason many of us ignore the formation of our character, says Johnson, is because it will slow us down. Many ministry leaders want success, a big church, or a crowd. But how many of us want a real life? How many of us want a life in God? We can have that, Johnson believes. We can have a character that produces love, peace, patience, kindness…but it will slow us down. It might mean the church won’t grow as big as quickly. It might mean the crowd will get smaller."
Success Covers a Multitude of Sins | Out of Ur | Following God's Call in a New World | Conversations hosted by the editors of Leadership journal:
Success Covers a Multitude of Sins | Out of Ur | Following God's Call in a New World | Conversations hosted by the editors of Leadership journal:
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It might slow us down, but in the long run it will take us farther. The quote I like is, "Our skills might take us farther than our character can keep us." So the character-building is essential.
Thanks Nick, that quote is great. I can see me using it in future
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